Research Catalog

Title

Managers toolkit : the 13 skills managers need to master / Dick Luecke.

Author

Luecke, Richard.

Publication

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, 2004.

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Details

Description

xvii, 328 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

This guide helps managers at all levels improve their complete skill set. Topics include how to become a manager, hiring and retaining people, managing through crisis, decision making, delegating, giving and receiving feedback and mentoring.

Series Statement

Harvard business essentials

Uniform Title

Harvard business essentials series.

Subject

• Management
• Supervision of employees

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Learning the basics -- Setting goals that others will pursue : committing to an outcome -- Hiring the best : the role of human assets -- Keeping the best : why retention matters -- Delegating with confidence : avoid being overworked and overwhelmed -- Managing your time : making the most out of your day -- Reaching the next level -- Managing teams : forming a team that makes the difference -- Appraisal and coaching : improving results with feedback -- Handling problem employees : motivating or letting go -- Dealing with crises : dont wait until it hits -- Developing your career : and theirs -- Becoming a leader : the final challenge -- Strategy : a primer -- Financial tools -- Budgeting : seeing the future -- Understanding financial statements : making more authoritative decisions -- Net present value and internal rate of return : accounting for time -- Breakeven analysis: understanding cash flow.

ISBN

• 1591392896
• 9781591392897

LCCN

2003016384

OCLC

• ocn317617157
• SCSB-13567604

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries