ABSTRACT

The Reality of Management, now in its third edition, carves a clear course through the fads and fashions of management theory providing the manager with a practical and usable guide to managing effectively.

First published in the 1960s, this thoroughly revised and updated edition finds the fundamentals of managing remain the same. It provides a unique long perspective on current managerial fashions, on the evidence of their utility and distinguishing what is new from what is reinvention.

The Reality of Management is addressed to all managers who wish to learn more about their jobs for the practical reason of becoming better managers and to all students who seek to learn something of the realities of management.

part |2 pages

Part One The Job

chapter 1|12 pages

What does the manager do?

chapter 2|18 pages

Making decisions

chapter 3|23 pages

Getting the job done

chapter 4|21 pages

Leadership and development

part |2 pages

Part Two The Organization

chapter 5|12 pages

The setting for modern management

chapter 6|20 pages

What kind of structure?

chapter 7|16 pages

People and organization

part |2 pages

Part Three Contrasts in Management

chapter 8|19 pages

The social environment of management

chapter 9|13 pages

Management in large organizations

chapter 10|16 pages

The manager and change

part |2 pages

Part Four Managing Now and in the Future

chapter 11|13 pages

Practical implications