Product Description

Being a manager can be an intimidating and challenging task. Managing involves teaching new skills to employees, helping land a new customer, accomplishing an important assignment, increasing performance, and much more. The process of management can be very challenging at times, but it can also bring you a sense of fulfillment that you never imagined possible. Organizations rely on managers to make the most out of situations and get the best possible results.

Managing For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is perfect for all levels of managers. This clearly written, easy–to–understand guide will help anyone to

• Hire talented employees
• Master skills such as conflict resolution and coaching
• Initiate change and deal with resistance to change
• Set and communicate your goals
• Motivate employees to go above and beyond expectations

Discover real–life solutions to the most common situations that supervisors and managers face â€“ solutions that stand up over time and can be used during turbulent times. Managing For Dummies, 2nd Edition, also covers the following topics and more:

• Delegating: the Manager’s No. 1 Tool
• Inspiring employees to better performance
• Getting your message across to your employees
• Measuring and monitoring individual and project performance
• Focusing on ethics and office politics
• Team building and collaboration
• Tools and techniques for managers

Managing in today’s lightning–speed business world requires that you have the latest information and techniques for getting the job done. This book provides you with straightforward advice and up–to–the–minute strategies for dealing with anything that comes your way.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58728 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-14
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Synopsis
Being a manager can be an intimidating and challenging task. Managing involves teaching new skills to employees, helping land a new customer, accomplishing an important assignment, increasing performance, and much more. The process of management can be very challenging at times, but it can also bring you a sense of fulfillment that you never imagined possible. Organizations rely on managers to make the most out of situations and get the best possible results."Managing For Dummies, 2nd Edition", is perfect for all levels of managers. This clearly written, easy to understand guide will help anyone to: hire talented employees; master skills such as conflict resolution and coaching; initiate change and deal with resistance to change; set and communicate your goals; motivate employees to go above and beyond expectations; and discover real life solutions to the most common situations that supervisors and managers face solutions that stand up over time and can be used during turbulent times."Managing For Dummies, 2nd Edition", also covers the following topics and more: delegating: the manager's no.1 tool; inspiring employees to better performance; getting your message across to your employees; measuring and monitoring individual and project performance; focusing on ethics and office politics; team building and collaboration; and tools and techniques for managers.

Managing in today's lightning speed business world requires that you have the latest information and techniques for getting the job done. This book provides you with straightforward advice and up to the minute strategies for dealing with anything that comes your way.

From the Author
"Managers may find reading book for dummies is smart move."
This is the title of the September 2, 1996 Chicago Tribune article reviewing Managing For Dummies. We agree wholeheartedly. Our point in writing the book was to provide a resource, a "toolbox," for managers in the '90s -- particularly those who are new to management or experienced managers who need to brush up on their skills. And these are real tools presented by real managers. Not theory. Not mumbo jumbo. We cover delegation, leadership, hiring, firing, mentoring, playing office politics, creating teams, budgeting, harnessing technology, and much, much, more. Despite their popularity, quick fixes don't work. Forget the management fad-of-the-month club. Management is a life-long learning process that doesn't end when a manager finishes watching a 25-minute video. Managing For Dummies brings together today's best management thought and techniques and presents them all in one place. Bob and I hope you enjoy the book! Write us with your comments.

From the Back Cover
"This is one book I will be delighted to give to those managers I most want to succeed."
–Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager, from the Foreword

Tips and advice for inspiring your employees to success

Completely revised and updated for managing in the new millennium

Managing For Dummies, 2nd Edition, arms you with the latest information and tried–and–true techniques for managing in today′s light–speed business world. You′ll find straightforward advice and up–to–the–minute strategies for dealing with anything that comes your way – from ethical questions to performance reviews to team building and collaboration. It′s your fast, friendly guide to smart business leadership!

Praise for Managing For Dummies

"Dynamite! The latest information on the best ways to manage."
– Dr. W. Bradley Zehner II, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Pepperdine University

"Every manager will benefit from the sound advice found in Managing For Dummies, especially the belief that management can and should be fun."
– Felix Mussenden, President and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Studios

Customer Reviews

Skip the MBA and read this book! Save $40,000
First, this book is a "fun" read which is unusual for most business books. If you want to know how mananagement thinks and how it works in most corporate environments today - get this book.

The first half is execellent and by the time it's completed you'll know exactly the way your poor boss has been tramautized over the past 10 years with all the new passing management fads. No wonder management is basically skeptical and seems to have a schizophrenic identity crisis.

The second half of the book hangs a bit, maybe the authors ran out of ideas. But the final Index of the 10 essential management books is invaluable. I've already read 3 of the suggestion.

Read this book. Take your boss to lunch, realize how trapped he really is, get a raise, and save $40,000 on your MBA. Just keep reading and reading books like this.

Simple and concrete guide on being a manager.
I found the reading of this book pretty rewarding. I recommned this book to all those who are looking for a quick guide on being a manager. On the other hand, those looking for new approaches on management may find this book too simple.

Excellent book! Practical and helpful!
This is a very readable book about management.....a must for managers who are "out there" floundering at trying to deal with their employees. A "must read"....I wish I had seen it sooner.