In Search of Management: Culture, Chaos and Control in Managerial Work Book

* competencies * empowerment * chaos * culture change * survival * competition These are the sorts of issues that managers constatly face. How do they understand these matters and deal with them in their everyday lives? Tony Watson looks at the nature of managerial skill and organisational effectiveness asking managers what it is they think they do, what power do they really have, how they manage under increasing pressure and whether they feel in control. By searching for a definition of management from managers themselves Tony Watson draws a picture aof the way managers shape their own lives and identities at the same time as shaping the organisation's work activities. This will be of interest to all those studying management particularly MBA and other post-experience qualifications as well as the general manager.Read More