{"product_id":"the-management-bible-isbn-9780471705451","title":"The Management Bible","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Management Bible\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive book on the topic of management available anywhere. It offers in-depth coverage of the entire range of essential topics for today’s managers and supervisors—from beginners to seasoned veterans—and includes practical, effective solutions for the everyday problems every manager faces. In addition, the book also includes proven tips and tactics that help managers grow into more effective, efficient leaders. Authors Bob Nelson and Peter Economy reveal everything you need to know to keep up with today’s rapidly changing business environment, including such topics as hiring and firing, motivating employees, development and coaching, delegating authority, communication and teamwork, and much more.  Introduction.  \u003cp\u003ePART I: The Art and Science of Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1. What Managers Do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2. The Challenge of Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II: Leadership: The People Thing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3. Hiring and Retaining the Very Best People.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4. Motivating Employees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5. Coaching and Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6. Mentoring Employees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Execution: Getting the Job Done.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 7. Setting Goals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 8. Using Delegation to Your Advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 9. Monitoring Employee Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 10. Building Employee Accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART IV: Building High-Performance Organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 11. Improving Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 12. Working with Teams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 13. Making Meetings More Effective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART V: Management Challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 14. Discipline and Corrective Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 15. Terminating Employees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 16. Ethics and Office Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \"...the most comprehensive book on the subject of management...\"  (\u003ci\u003ePaper Clips\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2006)  BOB NELSON is founder and President of Nelson Motivation, Inc., an innovative management training and consulting firm headquartered in San Diego. He is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of management, motivation, and empowerment; recognition and rewards; performance and productivity enhancement; and leadership.  \u003cp\u003ePETER ECONOMY is Associate Editor of Leader to Leader, the award-winning publication of the Peter F. Drucker Foundation. Nelson and Economy are also the authors (with Ken Blanchard) of Managing For Dummies.\u003c\/p\u003e  The manager's best friend—and secret weapon  \u003cp\u003eThe Management Bible is the most comprehensive book on the topic of management available anywhere. It offers in-depth coverage of the entire range of essential topics for today's managers and supervisors—from beginners to seasoned veterans—and includes practical, effective solutions for the everyday problems every manager faces. In addition to planning, strategy, and solutions to common problems, the book also includes proven tips and tactics that help managers grow into more effective, efficient leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the most general business issues to the most specific prescriptive action, authors Bob Nelson and Peter Economy reveal everything the modern manager needs to know to keep up with today's rapidly changing business environment. 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