The World's Shortest Management Course

By Woodrow Sears

Fat books and academic over-writing suggest that only the college-educated can be managers. NOT! What does it really take to lead a group to great performance? Here's the answer, based on observations of 100s of top managers, doing things that mirror the textbooks, but making it look simple -- and human! You can do this stuff. You can be a star manager, and your people will love you. Seriously!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Woodrow Sears
• Release date: Feb 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458034502

Woodrow Sears

Semi-retired consultant, active college instructor, author (6 books for HRD Press in 2007-8), regular contributor to the Cincom "ExpertAccess" business e-zine. I hold one of the early doctorates in Human Resource Development, lectured extensively on project management on an international circuit, worked with clients to install systems, and was heavily involved in civil rights, supervisory, and management training. Came to Lithuania in 1998 as a volunteer, and never left. I live in Vilnius in a former monastery, heat with wood (by choice), and love cooking for friends. Living in Europe is special everyday!

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THE WORLD'S SHORTEST

MANAGEMENT COURSE

by

Dr. Woody Sears

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Table of Contents

1. Author’s Note

2. The World’s Shortest Management Course

3. Introduction

4. Master Concepts for Getting Results

5. Functions, Roles, and Responsibilities

6. Building Effective Work Groups

7. Organizational Discipline

8. Success Begets Success

9. Level of Detail and Matrix Management

10. Eleven Steps to Organizational Clarity

11. Summary

12. About the Author

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Author's Note

What is management, and what do managers do? With all the fat textbooks and academic over-writing that seem to make management the profession of only the college-trained elite, what does it really take to lead a group of people to profitable performance? This book provides the absolute minimum that managers need to know and know how to do to be successful, in their own companies or while working for others. The information provided here comes from working with hundreds of senior managers, watching them do their