Starting from the assumption that people are every company's most important resource, this book sets out three simple steps to getting the best from them and making every company run more efficiently.

Teaches the reader how to become a flexible and successful leader, fitting one's style to the needs of the individual and to the situation at hand, and using the one-minute techniques to enchance the management and motivation of others.

This interactive business book provides individuals, managers and organisations with personalised tools to identify their talents and succeed at every level.

Perhaps the world's premier management thinker. - Tom Peters One of the most original minds in management. Fast Company When it comes to management, Mintzberg's opinion matters: for thirty years he has been one of the foremost, and certainly one of the most radical, thinkers and writers on the subject. People Management Henry Mintzberg's views are a breath of fresh air which can only ...

Features a story about a penguin colony in Antarctica that illustrates key truths about how deal with the issue of change. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one listens to him.

How management can effectively rid themselves of 'monkeys' -- other people's responsibilities that cling to them and prevent them managing efficiently. This book explains in simple-minded if abstract terms how to achieve a balance between supervision and delegation for reduced tension and improved productivity in the work-place.

Provides an introduction to the principles and practices associated with planning, managing and staging events. This book introduces the concepts of event planning and management, discusses the key components for staging an event, and covers the whole process from creation to evaluation. It examines the events industry within its business context.

What you actually need todo to manage, lead and succeed There has been a long search for the alchemy of leadership; we all want to find the elusive pixie dust that we can sprinkle on ourselves to turn us into glittering leaders. Few of us, however, are likely to become the ideal mix of Nelson Mandela and Lord Nelson. Instead we need something simple and practical. How To Lead cuts through all the

This long established market leader has set standards that few texts have equalled in terms of accessibility of writing style, clarity of presentation and popularity with students and teachers alike. Written from a managerial perspective and packed with contemporary references to management research and practice, it continues to prove the student's OB text of choice. This eighth edition brings ...

Using memorable caricatures to highlight the effects of your behaviour as a leader, this book offers a powerful model for effective leadership Are you a Badger or a Doormat?provides you with clear instructions and simple self-coaching processes which will propel you along the path to leadership success. It uses memorable caricatures to show extreme leadership styles, teaching you what behaviour .

Providing guidance on the practice of business research and how to carry out a small-scale research project or dissertation, this book offers an introduction to the core concepts, methods, and values involved in doing business research. It gives a balanced approach to qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.

An introduction to the influential and significant management classics. It features books that include: Gods of Management ; Liberation Management ; Winning with People ; Managing Crises Before They Happen ; and, Wikinomics .

This is the ultimate how to' of management, covering all the vital hard and soft skills of management but in a readable, witty and wise form. This unique book contains all the critical information found in large manuals but delivers it in the preferred more inspiring and personal form of a readable handbook. As every frontline manager knows, the theory of management is one thing but the actual .

Presents a project management method - the principles, processes and techniques that enable individuals and organisations to successfully deliver their projects within time, cost and quality constraints. This handbook explains the principles that underpin PRINCE2. It describes the PRINCE2 processes in their entirety.

Suitable for those seeking to explore how an understanding of leadership theory can inform and direct the way leadership is practiced, this book contains chapter on cross-cultural leadership and diversity. It covers Globe study; servant leadership; spiritual leadership; and followership.

This book will do for managerial success what the best selling Rules of Work has done for personal success.

Based on the largest study of its kind ever undertaken, company managers reveal revolutionary insights about successful managerial behaviour.

Projects - and Project managers - are failing at an alarming rate. In the IT industry only 24% of projects succeed according to the Government Office of Commerce. Railtrack and the upgrade of the NHS are high profile examples of large project failures. And there are plenty of low-profile examples available too - as any viewer of Channel 4's Property Ladder programme will confirm. In an ever ...

A parable that helps you love the work you do - even if you can't always do work that you love.

Offers a comprehensive introduction to quantitative techniques that emphasizes business relevance. This title uses mini case studies to illustrate the relevance of the subject to the business world. It covers chapters on Revision Mathematics, Investment Appraisal, Decision-making and Simulation. It integrates Excel and SPSS.