05243nam a22005173i 4500 EBC1156984 MiAaPQ 20220906175813.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 211129s2013 xx o ||||0 eng d 9780749466756 (electronic bk.) 9780749466749 (MiAaPQ)EBC1156984 (Au-PeEL)EBL1156984 (CaPaEBR)ebr10678079 (CaONFJC)MIL467542 (OCoLC)831115389 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ HD31 .T643 2013 658.4 Torrington, Derek. author Managing to Manage : The Essential Guide to People Management / Derek Torrington. 1st ed. London : Kogan Page, Limited, 2013. ©2013. 1 online resource (221 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE What managing is all about -- 01 Being a manager: the role, what you do and how you do it -- sSAMp -- The management job -- 02 Being part of a business: you are not alone -- The organizational context -- The economic context -- The political context -- The social context -- The international context -- The bottom line -- Entitlement -- The manager is not alone -- 03 How businesses work: strategy, policy, procedures and targets -- Strategy -- Policy -- Procedures -- Problems with procedures, and some solutions -- Targets -- 04 Organization structure: the whole thing, your bit of it and you -- Organizational fundamentals -- Centralization and decentralization -- The organization of individual departments -- 05 Organization: the culture you work in -- Corporate culture -- Understanding organizational culture -- Developing organizational culture -- 06 Communication: understanding and being understood -- The telecommunications analogy -- Methods of communication -- Meetings -- Barriers to communication -- 07 Selecting team members -- The employment contract -- Attracting team members -- The selection interview -- 08 Discipline and grievance: sorting things out when they go wrong -- What do we mean by discipline? -- What do we mean by grievance? -- Are discipline and grievance procedures equitable? -- 09 Training: how people learn and how to teach them -- Learning in groups -- Leading and other group roles -- Coaching and continuous learning -- 10 Performance: getting the right results from the people you work with -- PART TWO How to... -- 11 How to analyse your management job -- 12 How to develop your network -- Developing a network -- Building the network -- 13 How to organize your department -- Checklist for thinking about the organization of a department -- 14 How to cope with committees. Chairing -- Conduct of the meeting itself -- The rank and file member of the committee -- 15 How to make a presentation -- Objectives -- The material -- 16 How to write a report -- 17 How to conduct a disciplinary interview -- The nature of disciplinary interviewing -- 18 How to conduct a selection interview -- Preparation -- The interview itself -- After the interview -- 19 How to do performance appraisal -- The appraisal interview style -- The appraisal interview sequence -- Preparation -- Interview structure -- Making appraisal work -- Appendix: Key concepts -- Index -- Back Cover. Today's managers often find themselves thrust into HR-type situations presenting both challenge and opportunity, often struggling to make the right decisions for the business and for the people involved. Managing to Manage provides the essential understanding to cope with the core demands of people management, grounding the advice in clear examples and familiar situations. Split into two parts, the book explains the role of the manager and then demonstrates how to fulfil that role, taking a practical, hands-on approach. It's packed with unique key concepts, which guide the manager through essential skills, while forming a quick reference guide for the rest of their careers. Managing to Manage is a comprehensive, practical guide tackling all challenges of managing people at work. Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. Management. Personnel management. Interpersonal relations. Electronic books. Print version: Torrington, Derek Managing to Manage London : Kogan Page, Limited,c2013 9780749466749 ProQuest (Firm) https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1156984 Acceso Remoto https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1156984 Acceso en el Campus PUCPR lcc 7 296913 296913 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 45 2021-12-07 0 658.4 EBC1156984 2021-12-07 00:00:00 2021-12-07 7 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 45 2022-09-06 0 HD31 .T643 2013 50000003288973 2022-09-06 00:00:00 Ebook c. 1 2022-09-06 7