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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 658.3 EAN: 9780875849072 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0875849075 Label: Harvard Business School Press Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 269 Publication Date: 1999-02 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Studio: Harvard Business School Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PAPERBACK SERIES is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. Here are the landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious business people in organizations around the globe. From managing diversity to exploring alternative workplaces to debunking myths about compensation, the topics covered in this collection address how to build organizations with judicious and effective systems for managing people. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very disappointing.I regularly read great articles from the subscription program of HBR and rely on its contents for great insight into today's business environment. Unfortunately, the HBR book series make a poor comparison. I have even wonder if HBR is recycling unused, or rejected submissions for these books. I bought Managing People, Brand managment and Marketing and stopped reading each after just two articles. They were just all a waste of time. Rating:  - Readable papers on broad topics in managementWhether you're just entering people management or have been doing it for years, this book grabs a selection of readable papers on a variety of topics from compensation to handling 'poor performers' to more effective (but non-manipulative!) means of persuasion. Especially interesting were the two articles on the performance of individuals and the messages -- both explicit and implicit -- that managers give to their reports and how they affect performance. You should definitely give ... Read More Rating: - HBR Managing PeopleDefinitely one of the better books in the series. Discussion of common corporate issues. Provides good solutions. I've read 4 in the series and like this one the most. 
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