Stefan Stern, Cary Cooper

Myths of Management

Dispel the Misconceptions and Become an Influential Manager

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Produktbeschreibung

Is it really true that working longer hours makes you more successful? Are millennials self-obsessed and frightened of hard graft? Do you really need to hide your emotions in order to gain respect as a manager? Does higher pay really always lead to higher performance?

The world of management is blighted by fads, fiction and falsehoods. In Myths of Management, Cary Cooper and Stefan Stern take you on an entertaining journey through the most famous myths surrounding the much-written about topic of management. They debunk false assumptions, inject truth into over-simplifications and tackle damaging habits head-on.

Whether cheesy, naïve or even destructive, management myths could be holding you back and stifling your team's potential. Myths of Management is the guide you need to become an enlightened manager.

About the Business Myths series...

The Business Myths series tackles the falsehoods that pervade the business world. From leadership and management to social media, strategy and the workplace, these accessible books overturn out-of-date assumptions, skewer stereotypes and put oft-repeated slogans to the test. Entertaining and rigorously researched, these books will equip you with the insight and no-nonsense wisdom you need to succeed.

Produktdetails

• Business Myths
• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14384
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 132mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781398607743
• ISBN-10: 1398607746
• Artikelnr.: 63239473

Autorenporträt

Stefan Stern writes for the Guardian and the FT, where he was the management columnist between 2006 and 2010. He is visiting professor in management practice at Cass Business School and is Director of the High Pay Centre. Sir Cary Cooper CBE is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is President of the CIPD, President of the British Academy of Management and Editor-in-Chief of the Blackwell/Wiley Encyclopedia of Management.

Inhaltsangabe

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: Myth 1 - There is One Right Way to Lead or Manage;
  • Chapter - 02: Myth 2 - It's Tough at the Top;
  • Chapter - 03: Myth 3 - Long Hours Will Lead to Success;
  • Chapter - 04: Myth 4 - It's Important Not to Show Vulnerability or Doubt;
  • Chapter - 05: Myth 5 - It's Lonely at the Top;
  • Chapter - 06: Myth 6 - You Need to be the Smartest Person in the Room;
  • Chapter - 07: Myth 7 - Hierarchy is Finished;
  • Chapter - 08: Myth 8 - Consistency is Essential;
  • Chapter - 09: Myth 9 - Only Hire People Who Will Fit In;
  • Chapter - 10: Myth 10 - Leadership is More Important than Management;
  • Chapter - 11: Myth 11 - You Have to Pay Top Dollar to Get the Right Person;
  • Chapter - 12: Myth 12 - Annual Appraisals Help You Manage Performance;
  • Chapter - 13: Myth 13 - Information Must be Controlled and Limited;
  • Chapter - 14: Myth 14 - ... but Women Don't Really Want Top Jobs;
  • Chapter - 15: Myth 15 - Leaders are Born Not Made;
  • Chapter - 16: Myth 16 - Your First 100 Days in a New Job are Make or Break;
  • Chapter - 17: Myth 17 - You Have to Know Everything that is Going On;
  • Chapter - 18: Myth 18 - Heroic Leaders Can Change Entire Organizations on their Own;
  • Chapter - 19: Myth 19 - The Boss with the Best Strategy Wins;
  • Chapter - 20: Myth 20 - It is Not Possible to Work Flexibly in Senior Roles;
  • Chapter - 21: Myth 21 - Pay Must be Kept Confidential;
  • Chapter - 22: Myth 22 - Psychology is Psychobabble and there's No Need or Place for it;
  • Chapter - 23: Myth 23 - The Robots are Coming to Take Your Job;
  • Chapter - 24: Myth 24 - Leadership Must Be Transformational;
  • Chapter - 25: Myth 25 - Conformity Leads to Success;
  • Chapter - 26: Myth 26 - Feelings are Soft and for Losers;
  • Chapter - 27: Myth 27 - Keep Your Distance if You Want Respect;
  • Chapter - 28: Myth 28 - Be Yourself -- It's All About Authenticity;
  • Chapter - 29: Myth 29 - Date of Birth is Destiny;
  • Chapter - 30: Myth 30 - People are Motivated by Money;
  • Chapter - 31: Myth 31 - Fear Works and 'Engagement' is Unnecessary;
  • Chapter - 32: Myth 32 - The Business Case Will Always Prove Persuasive;
  • Chapter - 33: Myth 33 - There's Nothing Wrong with the Business, there's just a Few Rotten Apples;
  • Chapter - 34: Myth 34 - We Have Woken Up to the Problems Caused by Prejudice;
  • Chapter - 35: Myth 35 - All the Power Resides at the Top;
  • Chapter - 36: Myth 36 - People Will Learn if you Explain Things to them Clearly;
  • Chapter - 37: Myth 37 - You Must Keep Up with all the New Management Ideas and Give Them a Try;
  • Chapter - 38: Myth 38 - You've Got to Talk Like a Real, Serious, Grown-Up Business Person. Learn the Jargon;
  • Chapter - 39: Myth 39 - You Can't Manage People if You Can't See Them;
  • Chapter - 40: Myth 40 - Who Needs Employees Anyway? Get With the Gig Economy;
  • Chapter - 41: Myth 41 - People Hate Change;
  • Chapter - 42: Big Data Will Fix Everything;
  • Chapter - 43: Myth 43 - A Cool Office Will Make Everybody More Creative;
  • Chapter - 44: Myth 44 - There are Only 44 Things to Get Wrong

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Chapter
00: Introduction; Chapter
01: Myth 1
There is One Right Way to Lead or Manage; Chapter
02: Myth 2
It's Tough at the Top; Chapter
03: Myth 3
Long Hours Will Lead to Success; Chapter
04: Myth 4
It's Important Not to Show Vulnerability or Doubt; Chapter
05: Myth 5
It's Lonely at the Top; Chapter
06: Myth 6
You Need to be the Smartest Person in the Room; Chapter
07: Myth 7
Hierarchy is Finished; Chapter
08: Myth 8
Consistency is Essential; Chapter
09: Myth 9
Only Hire People Who Will Fit In; Chapter
10: Myth 10
Leadership is More Important than Management; Chapter
11: Myth 11
You Have to Pay Top Dollar to Get the Right Person; Chapter
12: Myth 12
Annual Appraisals Help You Manage Performance; Chapter
13: Myth 13
Information Must be Controlled and Limited; Chapter
14: Myth 14
. but Women Don't Really Want Top Jobs; Chapter
15: Myth 15
Leaders are Born Not Made; Chapter
16: Myth 16
Your First 100 Days in a New Job are Make or Break; Chapter
17: Myth 17
You Have to Know Everything that is Going On; Chapter
18: Myth 18
Heroic Leaders Can Change Entire Organizations on their Own; Chapter
19: Myth 19
The Boss with the Best Strategy Wins; Chapter
20: Myth 20
It is Not Possible to Work Flexibly in Senior Roles; Chapter
21: Myth 21
Pay Must be Kept Confidential; Chapter
22: Myth 22
Psychology is Psychobabble and there's No Need or Place for it; Chapter
23: Myth 23
The Robots are Coming to Take Your Job; Chapter
24: Myth 24
Leadership Must Be Transformational; Chapter
25: Myth 25
Conformity Leads to Success; Chapter
26: Myth 26
Feelings are Soft and for Losers; Chapter
27: Myth 27
Keep Your Distance if You Want Respect; Chapter
28: Myth 28
Be Yourself
It's All About Authenticity; Chapter
29: Myth 29
Date of Birth is Destiny; Chapter
30: Myth 30
People are Motivated by Money; Chapter
31: Myth 31
Fear Works and 'Engagement' is Unnecessary; Chapter
32: Myth 32
The Business Case Will Always Prove Persuasive; Chapter
33: Myth 33
There's Nothing Wrong with the Business, there's just a Few Rotten Apples; Chapter
34: Myth 34
We Have Woken Up to the Problems Caused by Prejudice; Chapter
35: Myth 35
All the Power Resides at the Top; Chapter
36: Myth 36
People Will Learn if you Explain Things to them Clearly; Chapter
37: Myth 37
You Must Keep Up with all the New Management Ideas and Give Them a Try; Chapter
38: Myth 38
You've Got to Talk Like a Real, Serious, Grown
Up Business Person. Learn the Jargon; Chapter
39: Myth 39
You Can't Manage People if You Can't See Them; Chapter
40: Myth 40
Who Needs Employees Anyway? Get With the Gig Economy; Chapter
41: Myth 41
People Hate Change; Chapter
42: Big Data Will Fix Everything; Chapter
43: Myth 43
A Cool Office Will Make Everybody More Creative; Chapter
44: Myth 44
There are Only 44 Things to Get Wrong