Managing For Dummies® [Paperback]

Bob Nelson (Author), Peter Economy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1568848587 | ISBN-13: 978-1568848587 | Publication Date: May 24, 1996

Whether you've been a manager for years, or you were just recently promoted, the world of management can be frustrating, confusing, and intimidating. Now, with Managing For Dummies, you can benefit from the expertise of the world's best managers and management consultants. In Managing For Dummies, authors Bob Nelson and Peter Economy have distilled their own and others' wisdom into practical, ready-to-use skills and techniques you can put to use right away. You'll discover everything from basic management principles to the latest cutting-edge concepts. Plus, you'll find here the secrets of getting organized and prioritizing your time; delegating effectively; hiring, inspiring, and coaching employees; measuring and monitoring employee performance; and even forecasting, planning, and budgeting with confidence.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a very useful paperback for anyone involved in managing and leading staff...there really is a wide coverage of topics". British Dental Association News August 2008 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

"This is one book I will be delighted to give to those managers I most want to succeed."
-Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager, from the Foreword

Tips and advice for inspiring your employees to success

Completely revised and updated for managing in the new millennium

Managing For Dummies, 2nd Edition, arms you with the latest information and tried-and-true techniques for managing in today's light-speed business world. You'll find straightforward advice and up-to-the-minute strategies for dealing with anything that comes your way - from ethical questions to performance reviews to team building and collaboration. It's your fast, friendly guide to smart business leadership!

Praise for Managing For Dummies

"Dynamite! The latest information on the best ways to manage."
- Dr. W. Bradley Zehner II, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Pepperdine University

"Every manager will benefit from the sound advice found in Managing For Dummies, especially the belief that management can and should be fun."
- Felix Mussenden, President and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Studios

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. (May 24, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568848587
• ISBN-13: 978-1568848587
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,082,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skip the MBA and read this book! Save $40,000, March 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Managing For Dummies® (Paperback)

First, this book is a "fun" read which is unusual for most business books. If you want to know how mananagement thinks and how it works in most corporate environments today - get this book.

The first half is execellent and by the time it's completed you'll know exactly the way your poor boss has been tramautized over the past 10 years with all the new passing management fads. No wonder management is basically skeptical and seems to have a schizophrenic identity crisis.

The second half of the book hangs a bit, maybe the authors ran out of ideas. But the final Index of the 10 essential management books is invaluable. I've already read 3 of the suggestion.

Read this book. Take your boss to lunch, realize how trapped he really is, get a raise, and save $40,000 on your MBA. Just keep reading and reading books like this.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All-in-one book for successful management basics, January 5, 2005

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Muhannad Musallam "Good Will Promoter" (Amman, Jordan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing for Dummies, Second Edition (Paperback)

After reading this book (first edition), I have found it to contain most of the basic skills a manger needs to develop to be efficient and successful. Because the book has a wide coverage, you won't find in-depth details about each subject, but it is an excellent introduction to management skills, and conveys these skills to you in an enjoyable read, thus saves you the time and effort of figuring out what successful mangers do. This book serves also as a skills refresher (when you are already a seasoned manager) and helps bring you back to the track of success if you start deviating.

The skills covered are:
- Organization, time management, planning
- Delegation
- Leadership
- Hiring, interviewing
- Motivating employees
- Goal setting
- Project management, measuring and monitoring performance
- Performance evaluations/ feedback, disciplining and correction of unwanted behavior
- Presentations
- Business writing
- Meetings management
- Organizational structuring
- Team building and leadership
- Office politics
- Change management
- Stress management
- Employee development and training, career path setting, mentoring
- Budgeting and accounting
- Business processes optimization / reengineering
- Information technology
- Organizational culture / behavior
- TQM (Total Quality Management) / Deming Method / continuous improvements
- Systems thinking
- Creation of a learning environment
- Innovation support

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction for beginnners, reminder for experienced, February 16, 2001

By 

"renee111" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing For Dummies® (Paperback)

This book is a must for all beginners moving into the world of management, and I highly recommend it as a refresher course for those of us who have been doing it for a while. I do not have an MBA, but I do have a number of years' real-world experience in management, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is very light and easy to read, and although much of it seems like it should be common sense, there are a number of things that are easy to forget, and it's worth the refresher. I skipped some chapters because they were too basic, but I probably read 2/3 of the book (in the matter of a business trip) and actually did learn some new information.