The Strategic Middle Manager: How to Create and Sustain Competitive Advantage
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (657 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 078790208X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The best thing that could happen to a middle manager is to have his or her boss read this book." --Francis Guiliano, retired CEO, Ampad Corporation "An exceptional job of refocusing the middle manager's role?a must read for practitioners and educators alike." --Jack Viega, editor, The Academy of Management Executives
BAUSCH@MAIL.BUSADM.MU.EDU said A much-needed and excellent work.. I use this book in my MBA and Undergraduate courses in Strategy. For my MBA students especially, young men and women of an average age of "A much-needed and excellent work." according to BAUSCH@MAIL.BUSADM.MU.EDU. I use this book in my MBA and Undergraduate courses in Strategy. For my MBA students especially, young men and women of an average age of 27, in lower middle level management positions, this book makes strategic thinking and their role in it a concrete reality. They begin identifying immediately with the four roles of championing, synthesizing, facilitating, and implementing. Several of my students have become more assertive in their jobs as they have a better understanding of their role. A few have recognized that their firm has "no clue" about management in a rapidly changing and global environment and begun the search for a new p. 7, in lower middle level management positions, this book makes strategic thinking and their role in it a concrete reality. They begin identifying immediately with the four roles of championing, synthesizing, facilitating, and implementing. Several of my students have become more assertive in their jobs as they have a better understanding of their role. A few have recognized that their firm has "no clue" about management in a rapidly changing and global environment and begun the search for a new p. Shane Fitzgerald said A must have book for managers. This book is very well researched and the quality of the information is outstanding.The evidence and referances are excellent.If you are serious about your career and your company then you need to have this book.
The authors present the tools managers need to: * Redefine their roles * Increase their strategic value * Secure their futures * Identify the top performers in the ranksand much more! Far from lacking perspective, middle managers have a unique, pivotal perspective that places them at the forefront of organizational change. An exceptional job of refocusing the middle manager's role?a must read for practitioners and educators alike. --Jack Viega, editor, The Academy of Management Executives In their quest to become leaner, flatter, and reengineered, organizations have systematically cut out the very positions that once made them successful?mid-level managers. A must-read for training professionals, managers, and top executives, Floyd and Wooldridge's work will radically redesign--and drastically improve--your organization's effectiveness.. They can play the role of champion, synthesizer, facilitator, and implementer--and this book gives the advice needed to energize management. In The Strategic Middle Manager,management experts Steven Floyd and Bill Wooldridge draw on a decade of research involving over 250 middle managers to demo