Product Description

If you’re having trouble motivating your employees, need to resolve a conflict, or want to learn how to better monitor your employees’ performance, this straight–forward guide will take you step by step through every aspect of managing. Packed with expert advice on team–building, communication skills, identifying talented employees, and letting go of staff, Managing for Dummies takes the stress out of what can be an intimidating and high–pressured job.

The book will be adapted from the current US edition of Managing for Dummies. Existing content will be revised to reflect essential UK information including:

• UK–specific case studies, including references to recognisable UK businesses
• UK business practice, including ethics, employee and employers rights and responsibilities, hiring and firing – with reference to UK law
• UK websites
• UK financial information

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8946 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Review
"...a very useful paperback for anyone involved in managing and leading staff...there really is a wide coverage of topics". --British Dental Association News, August 2008 Shortlist, Thursday 7th August 2008

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
Tried and tested techniques helping you to get the job done

Make your mark in management

Good management is vital to the success of every business but being a good manager isn′t always easy. Written by professionals with decades of experience, this book gives you time–tested advice on hiring the right staff, building effective teams, resolving office politics, and maintaining your work/life balance. With Managing For Dummies you′ll be making things happen in your business in no time.

Discover how to

• Inspire your employees
• Measure and monitor performance
• Make dynamic presentations
• Deal with dismissals and redundancies
• Understand UK employee rights and employment law

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.

A how-to guide for the new manager
This guide is appealing for people who have been recently thrust into roles of leadership and management in corporate America. The style is easy to read. The content is first-rate. I would suggest this as recommended reading to anyone who is a new manager.