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Essence of a Manager

February 11, 2011

My book now has a publication date in March 2011 and advance copies can be ordered from Springer.

It can also be obtained through Amazon (UK) and Bokus.

Springer Science+Business Media


Essence of a Manager

Pillai, Krishna, 1st Edition., 2011, XIV., Hardcover

ISBN: 978-3-642-17580-0

Due: March 2011

What makes a “good” manager? This is a book by a manager about managers but it is not just for managers. It is for anyone and for everyone who is interested in the way people – and not just managers – behave and function around the world. Based on actual experience the title “Essence of a Manager” is a succinct distillation of what this book is about. It is not a management manual and yet it is a map for navigation and a guide for behaviour which can be valuable for practicing managers at all levels. It formulates a sound thesis to describe the qualities needed in a “good” manager and builds up from elemental qualities to develop a holistic view of a good manager. Nine fundamental attributes are proposed as being necessary and sufficient to describe a “good” manager. It is applied management philosophy for a thinking manager and deals with the fundamental drivers which lie deeper than language or culture and which control human behaviour.

Amazon (UK)

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Some reviews can be found here: Reviews EOAM – Around the world and back to Finspång

Lars-Otto Gullman, retired, former Director Metallurgy, Gränges, Finspång

I wish I had read Essence of a Manager some 40 years ago, prior to my own industrial career!  A similar presentation of the demands on a manager and how a manager can develop his abilities I have not seen till now. In Essence of a Manager the author analyses the nature of the personal qualities a good manager must possess to be able to perform his tasks in a satisfactory way. A method, based upon interview technique, is presented as an effective means of identifying potentially good managers. Many examples are given from the author´s long and worldwide experience of managements styles in different countries and cultures.


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John Howard faces a thrown shoe

October 26, 2010
U.S. President George W. Bush Had Two Shoes Th...

Shoe- throwing has become an unambiguous, easily understood and visible expression of political contempt, dissent and outrage coupled to a helplessness against the “establishment”. I have posted earlier about the spread of this behaviour mainly against political figures in the Middle East and Asia.

Now John Howard joins the ranks of George Bush, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Chinese premier Wen Jiabao in having a shoe thrown in their direction. The Sydney Morning Herald reports

A man who threw a shoe at John Howard on last night’s Q&A program on ABC TV said the former prime minister “deserves a lot worse” than having shoes thrown at him.

Hunter Valley man Peter Gray was unapologetic about his actions this morning, telling Newcastle ABC Radio he was angry about Australia’s involvement in the Iraq War and he “found the right type of protest” to get his point across.

“That is for Iraqi dead,” Mr Gray shouted as the shoes missed their target.

 

Hunter Valley man Peter Gray tosses his second shoe in the direction of John Howard as Tony Jones stands up to call for the man's removal.

Peter Gray tosses his second shoe in the direction of John Howard: Courtesy ABC

 

Mr Gray confirmed that ABC staff refused to return his shoes.

Mr Gray explained that it was a very difficult to stand up and conduct such a protest, especially because such action was against his nature. “Quite a few people said I throw like a girl.”

 

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A guide-line for shoe-throwing as a political protest

August 23, 2010

The history of shoe throwing is not very old, and the first such incident in recent history took place against  President George W Bush on his visit to Iraq in 2008. Since then, several political leaders worldwide, including a Chinese premier, have become targets of fancy footwear by people who found it a happy outlet of their resentments. Throwing shoes as an extension of showing the sole of one’s foot or using shoes to insult are forms of protest primarily associated with the Arab world. Pointing ones feet at someone is a general mark of disrespect across most of Asia.

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Iraqi shoe-throwing reporter becomes the talk of Iraq 14th December 2008

Graduate student arrested for throwing a shoe at Wen February 2, 2009

Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist has shoe thrown at him 2nd December 2009

Pakistan TV blocked over Zardari shoe-throwing 15th August 2010

Shoe-throwing policeman hailed as ‘hero’ in Kashmir 17th August 2010

Youth Hurls Shoe At Haryana Chief Minister 23rd August 2010

Shoe- throwing has quickly become an unambiguous, easily understood and visible expression of political contempt, dissent and outrage coupled to a helplessness against the “establishment”. It may well characterise a new behavioural pattern for those who consider themselves disenfranchised and down-trodden.

It is time to establish some standard guide-lines for shoe-throwing and shoe-throwers:

1. Do not wear the shoe to be thrown.

2.Carry the shoe to be thrown in a plastic  “smell-proof” bag so as not to annoy your neighbors.

3. Choose a shoe that is not too heavy (no boots or metal studs) and one you will not miss.

4. Choose a light, brightly coloured shoe which shows up well on camera.

5. Arrange for an accomplice to film the event and upload the video quickly to You-tube.

6. Stand within your throwing distance but not too far from an exit. If possible stand at an exit.

7. Do not have your name on the shoe.

8. If using a well known brand, ensure that the brand name is clearly visible.

9. Keep photographs of the shoe taken before it was thrown for possible sale to the press later.

10. Have your “statement of contempt” or any other manifesto available and ready to issue on the web and as a press release.

11. Have one copy of your statement within the shoe to be thrown.

12. Activate your lawyer before the shoe is thrown and have him and a doctor available close to the nearest lock-up or police station.

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