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Title:Management Bytes : Ten Essential Skills for Technical Managers
Author:Anne Milovich, Melanie White & Karin Carter
ISBN:0972529918 : 9780972529914
Illustrations:tables
Format:Paperback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:323
Weight: .496 Kg.
Published:Pennington Books - May 2005
List Price: 12.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT


You knew what you were doing, and you did it so well, you were rewarded with a big promotion. Congratulations, now you're a manager! And all of a sudden you're responsible for a group of other people and you have no idea what to do next. Maybe you didn't know there really was a User's Guide. Here it is. 'Management Bytes' provides you with the information you need in your new role. It's all here: how to set goals and monitor progress, how to have those difficult conversations with people, how to handle problem employees, how to interview and hire for a new position, how to keep your own boss happy. Best of all, the book is written in the succinct style of a how-to manual, so you can find what you need instantly. But that's just the beginning. Purchase this book and you'll have access to the Management Bytes website, where you can contact Anne Milkovich directly and connect with a community of technical managers facing the same issues you do. Make a small investment, get a huge payback. Don't go it alone!

Part One: Communicate -- Communicating One-to-One: Walkie-Talkie Management; Routing Information: A Network Upgrade. Part Two: Direct -- Setting Goals and Delegating: Goal Tending in the Pro Leagues; Motivating: Go Team, Go! Part Three: Support -- Prioritising: I Don't Have Time to Manage My Time!; Monitoring: Coaching the Team; Evaluating: Performance Reviews Can Actually Work; Resolving Conflict: Simplifying the Conflict Equation. Part Four: Supply -- Developing: Building from the Inside Out; Managing for Results: Arriving, Not Just Driving.