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 - 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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Practical Introduction:
I am a junior manager and a respected company board member. I have made so many mistakes, and so many achievements, but the prior is more. My manager, at the same time my partner ( another board member ) could not be able to manage me, or coach me as I needed as a junior manager. So, I was looking for someone or something to help me out. I have bought this book last week, and I have found it easy to understand, easy to follow and very practical ( really; I have lived most of the issues discussed in the... more info
Very Informative:
This book hits about every subject you need to know. I found it very informative and would recommend it to anyone starting out in management, or to anyone who would like to brush up on their management skills.
Excellent Basic Management Skills:
I was just promoted to Manager, and this book has been a very useful tool.
It provides very easy to understand concepts and guides you on both basic and advanced managerial skills that you need to develop or improve in order to become a better manager.
Almost every page that I read on it can be applied to my day to day activities as a manager.
Managing for Dummies is a Manager's must have.
A must-read for every new or experienced manager:
I hold a BS in Business Management and thought I had been taught pretty much everything there was to know about business management... was I mistaken! This book should be required text for every business management student. Managing for Dummies is easy to read, easy to understand, and makes implimenting the methods defined in the book easy.
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