ABSTRACT

This classic volume achieves a remarkable width of appeal without sacrificing scientific accuracy or depth of analysis. It is a valuable contribution to the study of business efficiency which should be read by anyone wanting information about the developments and place of management, and it is as relevant today as when it was first written.

This is a practical book, written out of many years of experience in working with managements of small, medium and large corporations. It aims to be a management guide, enabling readers to examine their own work and performance, to diagnose their weaknesses and to improve their own effectiveness as well as the results of the enterprise they are responsible for.

part |20 pages

Introduction

chapter |3 pages

The Role of Management

chapter |10 pages

The Jobs of Management

chapter |5 pages

The Challenge to Management

part |73 pages

Managing a Business

chapter |6 pages

The Sears Story

chapter |13 pages

What is a Business?

chapter |22 pages

The Objectives of a Business

chapter |12 pages

The Principles of Production

part |69 pages

Managing Managers

chapter |8 pages

The Ford Story

chapter |14 pages

Management by Objectives and Self-control

chapter |6 pages

Managers Must Manage

chapter |14 pages

The Spirit of an Organization

chapter |18 pages

Chief Executive and Board

chapter |7 pages

Developing Managers

part |54 pages

The Structure of Management

chapter |8 pages

What Kind of Structure?

chapter |22 pages

Building the Structure

part |74 pages

The Management of Worker and Work

chapter |6 pages

The IBM Story

chapter |9 pages

Employing the Whole Man

chapter |14 pages

Is Personnel Management Bankrupt?

chapter |11 pages

Human Organization for Peak Performance

chapter |9 pages

Motivating to Peak Performance

chapter |6 pages

The Economic Dimension

chapter |9 pages

The Supervisor

chapter |8 pages

The Professional Employee

part |35 pages

What it Means to Be a Manager

chapter |9 pages

The Manager and His Work

chapter |16 pages

Making Decisions

chapter |8 pages

The Manager of Tomorrow

part |12 pages

Conclusions

chapter |10 pages

The Responsibilities of Management