Produktinformation

• Amazon-Verkaufsrang: #93353 in Bücher
• Veröffentlicht am: 2000-07-01
• Originalsprache: Englisch
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• 112 Seiten

Kurzbeschreibung
The original, bestseller which demonstrates three very practical management techniques. More than 12 million copies sold worldwide.

Synopsis
Starting from the assumption that people are every company's most important resource, this book sets out three simple steps to getting the best from them and making every company run more efficiently.

Über den Autor
Dr. Kenneth (Ken) H. Blanchard, geb. 6. Mai 1939 ist ein international renommierter Unternehmensberater. Nebenher lehrt er als Professor für Betriebspsychologie an der University of Massachusetts und ist ein Mitglied der berühmten National Training Laboratories. Seine Consultingfirma "Blanchard Training and Development" im kalifornischen Escondido gehört zu den gefragtesten der USA.

Der Autor ist Haupt-Inspirator der Ken Blanchard Unternehmen. Er ist Verfasser oder Co- Autor von zahlreichen Büchern, darunter der Klassiker: Der Minuten Manager (zusammen mit Spencer Johnson).Spencer Johnson ist Bestsellerautor, dessen Bücher sich millionenfach auf der ganzen Welt verkaufen. Mit seinem einfach vermittelten, aber tiefsinnigen Geschichten transportiert er Lebensphilosophie direkt und nachvollziehbar, und mit viel Humor, so dass die Anekdoten und Weisheiten zu einem täglichen Begleiter werden können.Spencer Johnson promovierte am Royal Colllege of Surgeons und war Mediziner an der Harvard Medical School und der Mayo Clinic. Er war Medizinischer Direktor für Kommunikation bei Medtronic, den Erfindern des Herzschrittmachers und Forschungsarzt am Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies.

Kundenrezensionen

Typical Consultants' Babble
Despite the wonderful accomplishments of Drs. Blanchard and Johnson, this book was very dissappointing.

I think of it as typical consultants' babble because you will get wrapped up in intellectual theories and appraoches to the art of management, but after you put the book down you'll realize you've got nothing tangible and practical to use in your everyday life. As a management consultant once explained to me about his field, many consultants are good "Beanbag Punchers". They make an amazing change where they strike the bag, but on the opposite side nothing has really changed. I was disappointed in this book because the authors are clearly not Beanbag Punchers, but nothing about my management sytle has benfitted from this book.

Furthermore, the fictional approach of the book (I'm assuming the underlying story is fictional) is borderline condescending. Its tone is similar to the grade school books your 10-year-old reads to learn good manners.

However, the book is reasonably priced and very short reading, so you may enjoy its content based on the effort you'll expend. The theories expressed are unique and thought provoking.

Bottom line:

If you want to learn how to be a better manager, this book isn't your answer.

If you want to explore news ways to manage people, it's worth a quick read.

Powerful Simplicity
I was a little disappointed when 'The One Minute Manager' arrived in the mail and I saw its small size and large fonts. However, this tiny little fairy-tale book is the best management book I've read. I strongly recommend this book. 'The One Minute Manager' takes less than an hour to read, and if you have any interest in becoming a better manager or a stronger leader, surely you can risk 60 minutes of your time? The ideas are not contrived, artificial mechanisms that interfere with our natural personalities. Instead, the entire strategy can be implemented by following a few simple rules that feel natural and are easy to perform and maintain.

A word of caution though, use of the strategy assumes the individuals on the manager's team are intelligent, and the tools presented are designed to encourage subordinates to become more independent and responsible, not reliant on a manager's approval, input or direction on minor decisions. Any manager who wants to be involved in all aspects of a project couldn't possibly use the strategies of 'The One Minute Manager' without driving his team nuts.

invaluable
One might be tempted to say that the steps outlined in this book are "common sense". But it's full of wisdom I had not been using in my managerial position. And I know hundreds of other bad managers. This book is a gem. It's ideas are simplly presented and simply apprehended but amazingly powerful. It's no quick fix, though: you have to work at it to get results. A must for ever manager. It fits well with new-fangled ideas of organizational structure presented by Drucker, Peters, and other gurus.