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Effective Management in Practice

Analytical Insights and Critical Questions

Authors: Robin Wensley Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication date: 2013 Publication language: Angielski Number of pages: 249 Publication formats: EAN: 9781446287194 ISBN: 9781446287194 Category: Management & management techniques Publisher's index: - Bibliographic note:

Robert Wensley is Emeritus Professor of Policy and Marketing at the Warwick Business School. 

 

Professor at Warwick since 1986 and Chair of the School from 1989 to 1994, and Chair of the Faculty of Social Studies from 1997 to 1999. Most recently Director of the AIM Research initiative from 2004 to 2011. He was previously with RHM Foods, Tube Investments and the London Business School and was visiting Professor at UCLA (twice) and University of Florida. He was Chair of the Council of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations from 1998 until 2003 and a member of the Sunningdale Institute (2008 -11)

He is a Fellow of the British Academy of Management (FBAM), the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM) and The Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). He was awarded the BAM Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and previously awarded the 1981 and 1988 Alpha Kappa Psi prize for the most outstanding article in the US Journal of Marketing and the Millennium Prize for the best paper in the Journal of Marketing Management

He was appointed to the Council of the ESRC from 2001 to 2004 and was a Board member of the ESRC Research Grants Board from 1991 to 1995. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Warburg Institute and the Academic Advisory Board of the Chartered Management Institute. Over his academic career, he has been involved with consultancy and management development for many major organisations.

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In this lively and entertaining book, Robin Wensley guides the reader through the basic analytical approaches to decision making required for more effective management practice.

Packed with diagrams, anecdotes and examples which bring the book to life, Effective Management in Practice:


- clearly presents a wide range of management tools, techniques and theoretical insights in just the right amount of depth for current and future managers


- illustrates the need for a balanced approach, emphasizing the importance of the questioning process in clarifying the nature of action proposals and any underlying assumptions


- eschews any approach which advocates one right way but at the same time encourages a greater appreciation of practical issues through analysis and theory


Students of management, academics and any practitioner interested in exploring a range of different approaches to management will enjoy and treasure this book.

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  • EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN PRACTICE COVER 2
  • EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN PRACTICE 7
  • CONTENTS 11
  • PREFACE 16
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR 18
  • INTRODUCTION 19
  • CHAPTER 1 : EXTENDING ANALYSIS IN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT 33
  • CHAPTER 2 : NEVER STOP LEARNING 54
  • CHAPTER 3 : EVIDENCE AND ENGAGEMENT 70
  • CHAPTER 4 : TOOLS FOR THINKING 90
  • CHAPTER 5 : MAKING SENSE OF THE NUMBERS 123
  • CHAPTER 6 : RETURNING TO PRACTICAL WISDOM: THE FRAMEWORKS FOR ANALYSIS 149
  • CHAPTER 7 : THE CENTRAL ROLE OF STORIES 163
  • CHAPTER 8 : LINKING THE CLASSROOM TO THE WORKPLACE 183
  • CHAPTER 9 : AN ONGOING DECISION PROCESS OF QUESTIONING AND DISSONANCE 196
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