{"product_id":"simply-managing-isbn-9781609949235","title":"Simply Managing","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Essence of \u003ci\u003eManaging\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHenry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book \u003ci\u003eManaging\u003c\/i\u003e, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The essence of the book remains the same: what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. \u003ci\u003eSimply Managing \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the intense dynamics of this job as well as its inescapable conundrums, for example: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e•   How is anyone supposed to think, let alone think ahead, in this frenetic job?\u003cbr\u003e •   Are leaders really more important than managers?\u003cbr\u003e •   Where has all the judgment gone?\u003cbr\u003e •   Is email destroying management practice?\u003cbr\u003e •   How can managers connect when their job disconnects them from what they are managing?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If you read only one book about managing, this should be it!Welcome to \u003ci\u003eSimply Managing\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e1--Managing Beyond the Myths   \u003cbr\u003e What management is and isn’t\u003cbr\u003e Leadership versus communityship  \u003cbr\u003e Management as a practice, not a profession  \u003cbr\u003e Managing’s not changing\u003cbr\u003e 2--Managing Relentlessly\u003cbr\u003e The pressures of managerial work\u003cbr\u003e The pace, the action, the interruptions  \u003cbr\u003e Soft communicating  \u003cbr\u003e Managing across, not just “down”  \u003cbr\u003e Managing as controlled disorder \u003cbr\u003e Managing the Internet\u003cbr\u003e 3--Managing Information, People, Action\u003cbr\u003e A model of managing\u003cbr\u003e Controlling and communicating  \u003cbr\u003e Leading and linking  \u003cbr\u003e Doing and dealing  \u003cbr\u003e Well-rounded managing\u003cbr\u003e 4--Managing Every Which Way\u003cbr\u003e The untold varieties of managing\u003cbr\u003e In culture, sector, industry, and organization \u003cbr\u003e At the top, middle, and bottom  \u003cbr\u003e As an art, craft, and science  \u003cbr\u003e Postures of managing\u003cbr\u003e Managing beyond the manager\u003cbr\u003e 5--Managing on Tightropes\u003cbr\u003e The inescapable conundrums of managing\u003cbr\u003e The syndrome of superficiality\u003cbr\u003e The dilemma of delegating\u003cbr\u003e The mysteries of measuring\u003cbr\u003e The clutch of confidence\u003cbr\u003e The ambiguity of acting—and others\u003cbr\u003e 6--Managing Effectively\u003cbr\u003e Getting to the essence of managing\u003cbr\u003e The inevitably flawed manager\u003cbr\u003e Happily and unhappily managed organizational families\u003cbr\u003e A framework for effectiveness\u003cbr\u003e Selecting, assessing, and developing effective managers \u003cbr\u003e Managing naturally\u003cbr\u003e Dedication\u003cbr\u003e References   \u003cbr\u003e Index   \u003cbr\u003e About the Author\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Chartered Management Institute’s Management Book of the Year award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of \u003ci\u003estrategy+business\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s top three management books of the year. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the \u003ci\u003eToronto Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e’s top ten business books of the year:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“Henry Mintzberg is a fine writer, with a penchant for humor.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s top ten outstanding books of the year:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“Mintzberg does not accept conventional wisdom—he challenges it constantly…erudite as well as practical.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e’s top business books of the year.\u003c\/b\u003eHenry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University and a founding partner of CoachingOurselves.com. He has won awards from many prestigious academic and practitioner institutions in management and is the author or coauthor of sixteen books. His next project is a series of electronic pamphlets entitled Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal beyond Left, Right, and Center (see www.mintzberg.org).","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303729680613,"sku":"NP9781609949235","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/simply-managing-isbn-9781609949235","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}