Chief Executives View Their Jobs

Author : Alison Green
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780399181825

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Ask a Manager by Alison Green Pdf

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author : Carolyn Dewar,Scott Keller,Vikram Malhotra
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781982179670

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CEO Excellence by Carolyn Dewar,Scott Keller,Vikram Malhotra Pdf

"Based on extensive interviews with today's . . . corporate leaders, this look at how the best CEOs do their jobs focuses on the mindsets and actions that foster an environment of excellence"--

Author : Sir Adrian Cadbury
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199252009

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Corporate Governance and Chairmanship by Sir Adrian Cadbury Pdf

The book: discusses and explains the central issuse of corporate governance; provides practical advice to chairmen and directors on their roles and responsibilities; and surveys the major codes of practice that have been developed throughout the 1990s.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Statistics
ISBN : UOM:39015088914711

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Statistical Reference Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : David N. Ammons,Charldean Newell
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0887069576

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City Executives by David N. Ammons,Charldean Newell Pdf

This study explores the work life of mayors, city managers, and other top executives in city government. Based on a survey of 527 city executives and enlivened with numerous anecdotes, the book documents time allocation patterns and work routines. City Executives makes comparisons with previous studies to show how city executives compare with managers in other types of organizations. The authors also note how city managers' role has changed over a 20-year period. City executives are shown to be like their private-sector counterparts. For example, they function at a relentless pace, are frequently interrupted in their work, and are generally overburdened. However, because city workers operate in an environment open to public scrutiny, they are left with only a minority of their professional time to attend to matters that they describe as priorities. Instead, they must constantly respond to intergovernmental demands, emergencies, and the needs of citizens and legislative officials.

Author : United States. Office of Personnel Management. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Civil service
ISBN : MSU:31293008298063

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Personnel Literature by United States. Office of Personnel Management. Library Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195362176

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The Hero's Farewell by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Pdf

The Marxist prediction that capitalist bureaucracy must inevitably neutralise individualistic leadership in industry, has been disproved over and over by the careers of industrial 'superstars' from Andrew Carnegie to Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca, Estee Lauder, and David Rockerfeller - all of whom could be described as having made their own personal stamp on their respective businesses. Arguing that personality can also affect the departure styles of retiring CEOs, Sonnenfeld defines four principle types: Monarchs, Generals, Ambassadors, and Governors. The personality of each type is outlined in interviews with real-life business leaders and illustrated with numerous pithy anecdotes, making The Hero's Farewell both a well-researched and an entertaining read.

Author : Abraham L. Gitlow
Publisher : Beard Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 158798234X

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Being the Boss by Abraham L. Gitlow Pdf

An interesting and informative book exploring leadership and the exercise of power in business organizations.

Author : Henry Mintzberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Executives
ISBN : OCLC:23209098

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The Manager's Job by Henry Mintzberg Pdf

Author : Nitin Nohria,Rakesh Khurana
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781422138793

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Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice by Nitin Nohria,Rakesh Khurana Pdf

The Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice seeks to bridge this disconnect. Based on the Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium “Leadership: Advancing an Intellectual Discipline†and edited by Harvard Business School professors Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, this volume brings together the most important scholars from fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, economics, and history to take stock of what we know about leadership and to set an agenda for future research.

Author : Harold Stieglitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:35128000901452

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Chief Executives View Their Jobs by Harold Stieglitz Pdf

Author : International Association of Chiefs of Police
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Police administration
ISBN : IND:30000068256076

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The Police Chief Executive Report by International Association of Chiefs of Police Pdf

Author : United States. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals,International Association of Chiefs of Police. Police Chief Executive Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015013490340

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Police Chief Executive by United States. National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals,International Association of Chiefs of Police. Police Chief Executive Committee Pdf

This report proposes orderly methods of selecting a qualified police chief executive and of retaining him after selection. It also suggests means by which communities can increase the effectiveness of their police chief executives by ensuring the authority, resources, and tenure necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the positions properly. In addition, this report sets out procedures, grounded on American constitutional notions of fairness and due process, for removing an unqualified police chief executive from office. The eighteen standards presented, along with their related commentaries, were developed and reviewed by the police chief executive committee of the international association of chiefs of police, which, with funding support from LEAA, conducted a yearlong study into the role and position of police chief executives. The appendix contains a discussion of the research methodology, copies of the survey questionnaires, and statistical summaries of questionnaire responses.

Author : Philip Stiles,Bernard Taylor
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780191580932

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Boards at Work : How Directors View their Roles and Responsibilities by Philip Stiles,Bernard Taylor Pdf

Boards of directors are coming under increasing scrutiny in terms of their contribution in monitoring and controlling management, particularly in the wake of high-profile corporate frauds and failures, and also their potential to add value to organizational performance through involvement in the strategy process and through building relationships with key investors. Despite the importance of these issues, not only to organizations but also arguably to national competitiveness, the nature of board activity remains largely a black box, clouded by prescriptions, prejudices, and half-truths. This book responds to calls for greater scrutiny of boards of directors with an in-depth examination of directors of UK organizations, drawing on the accounts of directors themselves as to their roles, influence, and the potential and limits to their power. Much work on boards of directors has labelled the board as a rubber stamp for dominant management, and non-executive directors in particular have been variously described as poodles, pet rocks, or parsley on the fish. Such accounts are rooted in assumptions of board activity that are essentially adversarial in nature, and that the solution to the 'problem' of reconciling the interests of managers with those of shareholders is to increase the checks and balances available to the board of directors. The findings of this study show that boards, in many cases, are far more than passive rubber stamps for management and that non-executives are encouraged to act as trusted advisers to the executives and the chief executive, rather than solely monitors of executive activity. Boards are important mechanisms in maintaining the strategic framework of the organization through setting the boundaries of organizational activity. The potential of the board members, in particular the non-executives, to fulfil such a mandate depends on a number of factors, including ability, willingness to engage with the organizational issues, and the degree of knowledge they have relevant to the host firm. Above all, the degree of trust built between members of the board, and between the board and key external constituencies, is at the heart of effective board behaviour.

Author : International Association of Chiefs of Police. Police Chief Executive Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Police chiefs
ISBN : PURD:32754081246120

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The Police Chief Executive Report by International Association of Chiefs of Police. Police Chief Executive Committee Pdf

This report proposes orderly methods of selecting a qualified police chief executive and of retaining him after selection. It also suggests means by which communities can increase the effectiveness of their police chief executives by ensuring the authority, resources, and tenure necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the positions properly. In addition, this report sets out procedures, grounded on American constitutional notions of fairness and due process, for removing an unqualified police chief executive from office. The eighteen standards presented, along with their related commentaries, were developed and reviewed by the police chief executive committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), which, with funding support from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), conducted a yearlong study into the role and position of police chief executives. The appendix contains a discussion of the research methodology, copies of the survey questionnaires, and statistical summaries of questionnaire responses. An index is provided.