The Strategic Middle Manager: How to Create and Sustain Competitive Advantage - Couverture rigide

Floyd, Steven W.; Wooldridge, Bill

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 078790208X ISBN 13 : 9780787902087

Editeur : Jossey-Bass, 1996

Synopsis

An exceptional job of refocusing the middle manager's role?a mustread 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 thatonce made them successful?mid-level managers. In The StrategicMiddle Manager, management experts Steven Floyd and Bill Wooldridgedraw on a decade of research involving over 250 middle managers todemonstrate that the success of future organizations restsdecisively on strong middle management.

The authors present the tools managers need to:

* Redefine their roles
* Increase their strategic value
* Secure their futures
* Identify the top performers in the ranks...and much more!

Far from lacking perspective, middle managers have a unique, pivotal perspective that places them at the forefront oforganizational change. They can play the role of champion, synthesizer, facilitator, and implementer--and this book gives theadvice needed to energize management. A must-read for trainingprofessionals, managers, and top executives, Floyd and Wooldridge'swork will radically redesign--and drastically improve--yourorganization's effectiveness.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

STEVEN W. FLOYD is associate professor of strategic management at the University of Connecticut. BILL WOOLDRIDGE is associate professor of strategic management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jossey-Bass
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 078790208X
• ISBN 13: 9780787902087
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 187
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible