On advice from some experts on the marketing of books – which is a field in which I am a beginner – I have created a separate page for my book Essence of a Manager which is due to be published on 29th March 2011 by Springer.
In addition to practising managers and students of management I am hoping it will be of interest for HR practitioners and generally for anyone interested in behaviour around the world.
Extracts, quotations and reviews will be posted on this page as will any comments.
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
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.
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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