Managers And Their Jobs
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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What does a manager actually do all day? Rosemary Stewart's landmark study Managers and Their Jobs answers this deceptively simple question with rigorous empirical authority, drawing on detailed research into the working patterns, time allocation, and daily realities of over 160 British managers across a wide range of industries and organizational levels. Stewart dismantles romanticized notions of executive leadership, presenting instead a forensic, data-driven portrait of managerial work as it is truly practiced — fragmented, reactive, and shaped by forces both internal and external to the organization. Published as part of the Pan Piper Management Series, with editorial guidance from the School of Business at Ealing Technical College, the work stands as a foundational text in management science. Stewart's prose is precise and authoritative without sacrificing accessibility, making complex organizational theory digestible for both practicing managers and students of business. Her methodology — grounded in diary records and direct observation — set a precedent for subsequent generations of management scholars, most notably influencing Henry Mintzberg's celebrated later research. Managers and Their Jobs remains a compelling and quietly radical challenge to the assumption that management is a rational, planned endeavour — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of leadership is truly within a manager's control.
Author: Rosemary Stewart
Format: Paperback
Genre: Business & economics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does a manager actually do all day? Rosemary Stewart's landmark study Managers and Their Jobs answers this deceptively simple question with rigorous empirical authority, drawing on detailed research into the working patterns, time allocation, and daily realities of over 160 British managers across a wide range of industries and organizational levels. Stewart dismantles romanticized notions of executive leadership, presenting instead a forensic, data-driven portrait of managerial work as it is truly practiced — fragmented, reactive, and shaped by forces both internal and external to the organization. Published as part of the Pan Piper Management Series, with editorial guidance from the School of Business at Ealing Technical College, the work stands as a foundational text in management science. Stewart's prose is precise and authoritative without sacrificing accessibility, making complex organizational theory digestible for both practicing managers and students of business. Her methodology — grounded in diary records and direct observation — set a precedent for subsequent generations of management scholars, most notably influencing Henry Mintzberg's celebrated later research. Managers and Their Jobs remains a compelling and quietly radical challenge to the assumption that management is a rational, planned endeavour — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of leadership is truly within a manager's control.