Overview
This fifth edition emphasizes the importance of developing management skills or admitted that learning about management concepts was not the same as learning how to apply those concepts in practice. It is built on a solid foundation of theory and empirical evidence that provides a compelling case for why specific competencies are important. The framework offers managers an enduring foundation for analysing what types of behaviors are most appropriate to achieve organisational goals in light of the existing environment. This edition overall gives a strong background in management skills and concepts needed on the job.Synopsis
Practical strategies for building strong managerial skills!
With the new Fourth Edition of Becoming a Master Manager: A Competency Framework, you can build practical skills in every area of managerial competency––skills you’ll need to thrive in the diverse situations and challenges of the new millennium! The text guides you through eight interactive learning modules covering different leadership roles, including director, producer, mentor, facilitator, coordinator, monitor, innovator, and broker.
Features designed to help you become a master manager:
- The text’s Competing Values Framework helps you develop new ways of thinking about the competing tensions and demands that are placed on managers.
- The authors’ unique skills-based approach prepares you for today’s management challenges.
- A highly effective five-step learning model (assessment, learning, analysis, practice, and application) helps you develop core leadership competencies.
- Real-world managerial examples illustrate key concepts and offer insight into the roles that managers play in real companies.
- Coverage of timely topics such as emotional intelligence, mentoring/coaching, and life balance will help you keep pace with today’s rapidly changing workplace.
Booknews
Integrates four management perspectives to show how different theories can form a comprehensive foundation in management, in chapters on eight management roles such as mentor, coordinator, monitor, and broker. Includes managerial examples from real organizations, discussion questions, and group activities. Can be used as the main text in a management competencies course, and as a supplement to more traditional texts in organizational behavior or management principles. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)