Effective Supervisor's Handbook [Paperback]

Louis V. Imundo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 24, 1993

"This AMACOM classic problem solver will help first-line managers meet the growing demands of their work. It provides comprehensive answers, practical advice, proven procedures, and workable programs that can make supervising easier, more effective, and rewarding. Readers will learn how to: * make the transition from worker to supervisor * hire good people * work with subordinates * improve communication skills * set up appraisal and disciplinary procedures * manage personal time and stress"

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 17 and up
  
• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM; 2 edition (March 24, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814478298
• ISBN-13: 978-0814478295
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Read this book with your waders on, April 18, 2001

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E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" (Gladwin, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Effective Supervisor's Handbook (Paperback)

Do you have a mentor at work? Does your mentor counsel and support you under every conceivable circumstance? Picture your mentor walking toward you down the hall. It's the end of a typical business day---no earth-shaking crises had to be dealt with, just the normal day-to-day challenges of supervision---

Do you duck into the Ladies' Room to avoid yet another of your mentor's long, boring monologues?

I mean, this guy has really helped your career and you are extremely grateful for his assistance, but the next time he starts to lecture you on how to increase employee productivity, you're going to grab him by the lapels and---

I have very mixed feelings about "The Effective Supervisor's Handbook." On the one hand, it is chock-full of solutions to the everyday challenges of supervision. First-line supervision is not a very glamorous topic and this book fills a definite information gap. I have owned a copy of "The Effective Supervisor's Handbook" for at least five years, and I reference it at least one or two times a month.

On the other hand, its author never overlooks an opportunity to state and restate and re-restate the obvious. Here is a sample from the section, "Self-interest and Work":

"As participants in society, people hold memberships in various organizations. Some memberships are voluntary, whereas others are somewhat involuntary. Except for those activities or organizations where membership and participation are involuntary, people usually have a choice of withdrawing from membership."

The climax to this section is, "No one can force you to stay at a job."

The normal reaction upon completing this section is, 'why did we just spend two pages on something this obvious?'

"The Effective Supervisor's Handbook" is exactly as advertised. It has sensible advice for everything from managing the office grapevine, to the benefits and risks of counseling employees. If you are a first-line supervisor, ignore the truck-loads of trendy books on 'leadership' and 'management.' Buy this book, put your waders on, and fish out the bits that apply to your particular situation.

Just don't attempt to read it from cover to cover.

5.0 out of 5 stars New supervisors bible, August 22, 2011

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John - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Effective Supervisor's Handbook (Hardcover)

Excellent resource for new supervisor. Tons of useful information to help you get started on the road to successful leadership transition from "one of us, to one of them".

1.0 out of 5 stars never received the book from International Book, June 15, 2011

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L. Maharaj (Trinidad West Indies) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Effective Supervisor's Handbook (Paperback)

I'd love to tell you all about the book, but I got a book about the Gospel according to starbucks, I tried contacting International Books but never got a reply, so STOP buying from them...you're never sure what you'll receive...so I bought another one today from Amazon...as soon as I get that one. I'll tell you all about it.

STOP BUYING FROM INTERNATIONAL BOOKS...unless you like random books