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Adventures in Management (Response Books)

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Adventures in Management makes easy reading for a book associated with management but it also carries an important message. Its anecdotal style of revealing management issues would even make it an interesting novel. It offers the reality of the problems facing the aggressive manager in developing countries, which alone should make it additional reading for students of international management in the era of global business. But the message of the book seems to be that despite problems, and I wouldn't ascribe all of these situations only to developing countries, the goal of business profitability and growth can yet be achieved by enterprising managers by innovative strategies without compromising morality and integrity. As a practicing manager, I found this book fascinating.

This is an excellent book, based on extensive wide ranging first hand successful management experience. One outstanding example of the author's management expertise was his dramatic turn around of a nearly moribund parastatal. I have personal knowledge of the situation and know that he left a successful marketing career and a high paying job with world renowned Levers to see if he could transform a loss making but important state enterprise into a well managed and profitable business. He did so in several years with spectacular results. His success is now documented in a Harvard Business School case study which is now used in the teaching curriculm of the Harvard Business School. Many other examples of good management practice in the developing world are detailed in the book. What sets this book apart from many, especially those by Western authors, is the keen eyed understanding of good management practice in the different and often confusing culture and context of the developing world. I commend the book for its practical relevance and hope the author will share the details of the work he has done in various countries as a management consultant for the World Bank and United Nations.