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The First-Time Manager
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The First-Time Manager

AMACOM, 2005
First Edition: 1987 más...


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Many rookie managers feel like imposters until they grow into their jobs, but if you are scaling that learning curve, help has arrived. Authors Loren B. Belker and Gary S. Topchik provide managerial coaching for new occupants of corner offices (or, at least, of cubes with windows). The text provides novice managers with concrete examples, solid discussions, helpful suggestions and insights on a wide menu of corporate challenges. Although the book is redundant in spots, and needs more extensive chapter summaries, it is a terrific tutorial for managers. getAbstract recommends this book to everyone in managerial slots, especially those who just arrived.

Take-Aways

  • Most corporations rely on sudden-immersion management training. Instead of sinking or swimming, find your own mentors and development resources.
  • Excellent managers are superior students of human behavior.
  • Manage fairly; do not let office friendships influence your decisions. Strike a balance. Don’t micromanage, but don’t neglect key details.

About the Author

Loren B. Belker, an official at a major insurance company for nearly three decades, also wrote the four earlier editions of The First-Time Manager. Gary S. Topchik, managing partner of a management development consulting firm, also wrote The Accidental Manager and Managing Workplace Negativity.


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    M. A. 3 months ago
    It's interesting
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    E. S. 4 years ago
    Useful information to improve your self in managment
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    A. O. 7 years ago
    Thanks very much to Loren B. Belker for this great learning resource.