Supervision: Diversity and Teams in the Workplace (10th Edition) [Hardcover]

Charles R. Greer (Author), Richard Warren Plunkett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 7, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0130972908 | ISBN-13: 978-0130972903 | Edition: 10

For courses in Supervision, Fundamentals of Management, and Applied Management. A contemporary survival guide for future managers, this #1 "how-to" text on supervision explores the basic principles of management-planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling people and operations-with a strong emphasis on their application to real on-the-job situations. Avoiding confusing jargon, it talks to students as one supervisor to another-discussing the specific tools of supervision in detail (explaining which tool is right for each task), and focusing on the development of strong interpersonal skills and on supervising a diverse workforce and teams. It comes completely updated with new examples and fresh insight into a variety of dynamic issues affecting management today.

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Using a very practical, "how to" approach, this leading text in the field of supervision explores the basic principles of management -- planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling people and operations -- and their application to actual on -the-job situations. Talking to students as one supervisor to another, avoiding confusing jargon, and providing detailed cases to which students can relate, it discusses the specific tools of supervision in detail -- explaining which tool is right for each task. Contemporary in focus, it places special emphasis on developing strong interpersonal skills and on supervising a diverse workforce and teams. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Management principles are the focus of this contemporary survival guide for future managers. Planning, organizing, staffing, and people skills are combined with skills in project management and operations. Aspiring front-line managers learn the right tools for specific tasks. They will develop strong interpersonal skills for a diverse workforce and for productive teams.

FEATURES

• 100+ real-world examples and cases highlighting management tasks
• Examples from dozens of well-known U.S. and international companies
• Thorough coverage of the latest in:
• security; change; global relations; employee benefits; computer applications and software; the Internet; technology; reengineering concepts; leadership styles, and more
• Teamwork, Quality, and Ethics are an integrated theme throughout

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 588 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 10 edition (July 7, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130972908
• ISBN-13: 978-0130972903
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,014,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This authors clinical experstise is unrivaled., January 23, 1999

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This review is from: Supervision: Diversity and Teams in the Workplace (Hardcover)

As a front line supervisor with twenty years experiance under my belt I am very impressed with the authors ability to teach several new and effective people skills in every chapter. I have enjoyed several management texts in the past dozen years and found valuable tools in each and everyone. Whether it was "Reinventing the Warehouse" or "The Goal" these large scope versions of the self help books of the seventies all seem to fall victim to the same flaw as thier predacessors. While technically adept, they all start with the assumption the clay of human flesh with has no self determination. No sense of "Natural Law" that is searching for expression in a positive direction. When one of these very talented authors reaches outside of thier technical area and embraces a more holistic approach they will strike gold. Maybe Plunkett is just the guy to do it. in any case it was a superb effort, for what it was.