Myths of Management Dispel the Misconceptions and Become an Influential Manager Edition: Date: Price: ISBN Paperback: ISBN Ebook: Pages: Format (mm): Product Category: Subject:
2 03/10/2022 £9.99 9781398607743 9781398607750 248 198x129 General Business & Management Skills
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50 of the most pervasive myths that all managers and aspiring managers should be able to « Explores recognize and relate to, from the entertaining to the downright damaging written by Professor Sir Cary Cooper (President of the CIPD and Professor at Manchester Business « IsSchool) and Stefan Stern, management journalist and director of the High Pay Centre New to fully updated to bust new myths such as hybrid working is not going to work, « extravertsthisareedition: the vital ingredient to make a team perform, stars will always perform well wherever
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Description Is it really true that working longer hours makes you more successful? Are millennials selfobsessed and frightened of hard graft? Do you really need to hide your emotions in order to gain respect as a manager? Does higher pay really always lead to higher performance? The world of management is blighted by fads, fiction and falsehoods. In Myths of Management, Cary Cooper and Stefan Stern take you on an entertaining journey through the most famous myths surrounding the much-written about topic of management. They debunk false assumptions, inject truth into over-simplifications and tackle damaging habits head-on. Whether cheesy, naïve or even destructive, management myths could be holding you back and stifling your team’s potential. Myths of Management is the guide you need to become an enlightened manager. About the Business Myths series... The Business Myths series tackles the falsehoods that pervade the business world. From leadership and management to social media and the workplace, these accessible books overturn out-of-date assumptions, skewer stereotypes and put oft-repeated slogans to the myth-busting test. Both entertaining and rigorously researched, these books will equip you with the insight and no-nonsense wisdom you need to succeed.
Author Information Stefan Stern writes for the Guardian and the FT, where he was the management columnist between 2006 and 2010. He is visiting professor in management practice at Cass Business School and is Director of the High Pay Centre. Sir Cary Cooper CBE is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is President of the CIPD, President of the British Academy of Management and Editor-in-Chief of the Blackwell/Wiley Encyclopedia of Management.
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Introduction Myth 1 - There is One Right Way to Lead or Manage Myth 2 - It’s Tough at the Top Myth 3 - Long Hours Will Lead to Success Myth 4 - It’s Important Not to Show Vulnerability or Doubt Myth 5 - It’s Lonely at the Top Myth 6 - You Need to be the Smartest Person in the Room Myth 7 - Hierarchy is Finished Myth 8 - Consistency is Essential Myth 9 - Only Hire People Who Will Fit In Myth 10 - Leadership is More Important than Management Myth 11 - You Have to Pay Top Dollar to Get the Right Person Myth 12 - Annual Appraisals Help You Manage Performance Myth 13 - Information Must be Controlled and Limited Myth 14 - … but Women Don’t Really Want Top Jobs Myth 15 - Leaders are Born Not Made Myth 16 - Your First 100 Days in a New Job are Make or Break Myth 17 - You Have to Know Everything that is Going On
18 Myth 18 - Heroic Leaders Can Change Entire Organizations on their Own 19 Myth 19 - The Boss with the Best Strategy Wins 20 Myth 20 - It is Not Possible to Work Flexibly in Senior Roles 21 Myth 21 - Pay Must be Kept Confidential 22 Myth 22 - Psychology is Psychobabble and there’s No Need or Place for it 23 Myth 23 - The Robots are Coming to Take Your Job 24 Myth 24 - Leadership Must Be Transformational 25 Myth 25 - Conformity Leads to Success 26 Myth 26 - Feelings are Soft and for Losers 27 Myth 27 - Keep Your Distance if You Want Respect 28 Myth 28 - Be Yourself -- It’s All About Authenticity 29 Myth 29 - Date of Birth is Destiny 30 Myth 30 - People are Motivated by Money 31 Myth 31 - Fear Works and ‘Engagement’ is Unnecessary 32 Myth 32 - The Business Case Will Always Prove Persuasive
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33 Myth 33 - There’s Nothing Wrong with the Business, there’s just a Few Rotten Apples 34 Myth 34 - We Have Woken Up to the Problems Caused by Prejudice 35 Myth 35 - All the Power Resides at the Top 36 Myth 36 - People Will Learn if you Explain Things to them Clearly 37 Myth 37 - You Must Keep Up with all the New Management Ideas and Give Them a Try 38 Myth 38 - You’ve Got to Talk Like a Real, Serious, Grown-Up Business Person. Learn the Jargon 39 Myth 39 - You Can’t Manage People if You Can’t See Them 40 Myth 40 - Who Needs Employees Anyway? Get With the Gig Economy 41 Myth 41 - People Hate Change 42 Big Data Will Fix Everything 43 Myth 43 - A Cool Office Will Make Everybody More Creative 44 Myth 44 - There are Only 44 Things to Get Wrong
