{"product_id":"becoming-a-better-boss-why-good-management-is-so-difficult-hardback-9781118645468","title":"Becoming A Better Boss; Why Good Management is So Difficult (Hardback) 9781118645468","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBecoming A Better Boss\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhy Good Management is So Difficult\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulian Birkinshaw (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118645468, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 1.9 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Birkinshaw writes persuasively and with a disarming lack of pretension, sprinkling practical advice throughout. But the best aspect of this truly excellent book ... is that the author recognises most management studies ignore the reality of workplaces.\"\u003c\/i\u003e (People Management, September 2013)  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This thoughtful, nuanced book advises managers to see the world through the eyes of the employee.... The author has some powerful supporting witnesses.\"\u003c\/i\u003e (Financial Times, September 2013)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e‘Becoming a Better Boss is a very engaging and informative’\u003c\/i\u003e (IEDP, September 2013)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“It’s a good read and discusses many of the familiar issues that crop up when trying to get human beings at work to do what you want.”\u003c\/i\u003e (B2B Marketing, October 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn employee's-eye view of what makes a great boss—and how you can become one\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhereas most books on managing people approach the subject from the perspective of a manager of an idealised organisation, \u003ci\u003eBecoming a Better Boss\u003c\/i\u003e takes a real-world approach, looking at the topic from the perspective of an employee in a real-world organisation—dysfunctions, warts, and all. Focusing on the choices individual employees make every day in getting work done, this book reinvents the practice of management one employee at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Julian Birkinshaw stresses the importance of taking management seriously, reveals where management practice often goes wrong, and dives deeply into the worldview of employees. He then explores the common personal biases and frailties of managers and discusses the vital importance of experimentation to overcome the limitations and idiosyncrasies of a particular organisation. Throughout, he supports his assertions with case studies from a wide and varying range of management experiments and situations at real companies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a leading authority on strategy, management, and innovation who is also the author of eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eReinventing Management\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces a new approach to management focused on real employees and actual situations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes case studies from real organisations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween the stress of deadlines and the demands of today's business environment, it's easy for managers to lose sight of the importance of people management. \u003ci\u003eBecoming a Better Boss\u003c\/i\u003e not only shows managers how to lead effectively, but why doing so is vitally important to every organisation's success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Why Management Matters 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 So What Is Good Management Really? 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Getting Inside the Minds of Your Employees: What Makes Them Tick? 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Your Employees 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Doing What We Know We Should: Managing As an Unnatural Act 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Experimentation: Functioning in a Broken System 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Future of Management? 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 149\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475052359960,"sku":"9781118645468","price":13.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118645468.jpg?v=1785803730","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/becoming-a-better-boss-why-good-management-is-so-difficult-hardback-9781118645468","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}