"90 Days to Success as a Project Manager" will help first-time project managers hit the ground running with any project during the critical first 90 days on the job. The book introduces readers to, and is organized around, the five keys to successful project management: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing the project.
Challenging Women: Gender, Culture and Organization
The influence of male gender cultures on men, women and institutions is tacitly accepted, but its effect on women in senior management positions and their creativity is little acknowledged. In a climate of corporate change in which traditional institutions, hierarchies and working practices face pressure to adapt, the role of the innovator and the new manager from outside established hierarchies can become an important catalyst.
Hiring People: Recruit and Keep the Brightest Stars
Added by: lucius5 | Karma: 1660.85 | Non-Fiction, Other | 4 April 2009
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Filling your ranks with exceptional employees has never been more important—or more challenging. Hiring People, a comprehensive and essential resource for any manager on the run, shows you how.
For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's
techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and
personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through
learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the
organization and its employees.
The One Minute Manager is
a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets:
One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The
audio also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral
sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work
so well with so many people. By the audio's end you will know how to
apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits.
