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The Truth About Middle Managers

Who They Are, How They Work, Why They Matter

by Paul Osterman

The Truth About Middle Managers
Publisher: Copyright 2008 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation
Summarized by permission of Harvard Business Press
Pub. Date: 2009
ISBN: 9781422179703
No. pages: 224

Category: Leadership & Management
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In this summary you will learn

  • How middle management is adapting to the de-layered corporation
  • How middle managers climb the new corporate ladder – or don’t
  • Where the modern middle manager’s loyalties lie

Why you should read The Truth About Middle Managers

Forests of trees have been felled and oceans of money spent studying corporate CEOs and top executive management. In this much-needed book, Paul Osterman does something different: he takes a good look at the ranks of middle managers, how they have fared during the past decades of corporate upheavals and how their jobs have changed. You may be surprised to learn that more middle managers are at work now than three decades ago, even though management has many fewer layers. Middle managers ensure the successful completion of the corporation’s work. Top management may set the agenda, but the supervisors who run the teams execute it. Osterman explodes myths about middle managers and what has happened to their jobs. getAbstract recommends his fresh insights into these vital jobs and the people who fill them.

About the Author

Paul Osterman, the author of nine books, teaches human resources and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is co-editor of International Labor Review, has served on many worker-related committees and is a frequent public speaker.

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