Myths of Management

Dispel the Misconceptions and Become an Influential Manager

Edition: 2 Date: 03/10/2022 Price: £9.99 ISBN Paperback: 9781398607743 ISBN Ebook: 9781398607750 Pages: 248 Format (mm): 198x129 Product Category: General Subject: Business & Management

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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. « Explores 50 of the most pervasive myths that all managers and aspiring managers should be able to recognize and relate to, from the entertaining to the downright damaging « Is written by Professor Sir Cary Cooper (President of the CIPD and Professor at Manchester Business

School) and Stefan Stern, management journalist and director of the High Pay Centre « New to this edition: fully updated to bust new myths such as hybrid working is not going to work, extraverts are the vital ingredient to make a team perform, stars will always perform well wherever they are, entitled millennials are self-obsessed and frightened of hard work. « Is part of the Business Myths series, which tackle some of the biggest falsehoods, skewed stereotypes and damaging misconceptions that can disrupt businesses today

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Myth 1 - There is One Right

Way to Lead or Manage 2 Myth 2 - It’s Tough at the Top 3 Myth 3 - Long Hours Will Lead to Success 4 Myth 4 - It’s Important Not to

Show Vulnerability or Doubt 5 Myth 5 - It’s Lonely at the Top 6 Myth 6 - You Need to be the

Smartest Person in the Room 7 Myth 7 - Hierarchy is Finished 8 Myth 8 - Consistency is

Essential 9 Myth 9 - Only Hire People

Who Will Fit In 10 Myth 10 - Leadership is More

Important than Management 11 Myth 11 - You Have to Pay Top

Dollar to Get the Right Person 12 Myth 12 - Annual Appraisals

Help You Manage

Performance 13 Myth 13 - Information Must be

Controlled and Limited 14 Myth 14 - … but Women Don’t

Really Want Top Jobs 15 Myth 15 - Leaders are Born

Not Made 16 Myth 16 - Your First 100 Days in a New Job are Make or

Break 17 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 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