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AMA Business Boot Camp
Professionals today, whether they are new or seasoned, need a solid foundation of essential skills in order to keep pace with the speed of change. The American Management Association, the preeminent provider of business education worldwide, trains the majority of the Fortune 500 companies in competitive business skills. Now, for the first time, AMA has assembled the most critical, “must-have” skills for managers and leaders in one handy volume. AMA Business Boot Camp paves the way for readers to:
• Motivate, increase morale, and enhance productivity
• Manage organizational change
• Improve their ability to communicate and influence others
• Screen, evaluate, and select corporate strategies
• Conduct effective performance reviews
• Protect themselves against the pitfalls of intra-organizational politics
• And much more
Covering everything from management and leadership to project management and strategy, this one-of-kind reference serves as a crash course in the fundamentals required for lasting success.
• Motivate, increase morale, and enhance productivity
• Manage organizational change
• Improve their ability to communicate and influence others
• Screen, evaluate, and select corporate strategies
• Conduct effective performance reviews
• Protect themselves against the pitfalls of intra-organizational politics
• And much more
Covering everything from management and leadership to project management and strategy, this one-of-kind reference serves as a crash course in the fundamentals required for lasting success.
- GenresBusinessNonfiction
240 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 2012
About the author
Edward T. Reilly
2 books1 followerEDWARD T. REILLY is the CEO of AMA International. Previously, he was President and CEO of Big Flower Holdings, Inc. (now Vertis, Inc.), a leading provider of integrated marketing and advertising services, and he served as President of The McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company.
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June 5, 2018
Helpful topics on management skills distilled nicely.
January 25, 2013
Hi Everyone,
I just finished reading this great book: AMA Business Boot Camp edited by Edward T. Reilly and I wanted to recommend to everyone in management and leadership positions.
This book is like a “crash course” in management and leadership. It’s a great book if you just got promoted to a Management position or even if you are in a Senior Management position as well. It is written in an accessible way making it very enjoyable to read.
AMA Business Boot Camp is organized to follow the progression of a manager’s career, focusing on developing the collective skills of successful managers and the defining qualities of outstanding leaders. I think it’s very interesting to find all this in one book.
The AMA Business Boot Camp has 6 chapters and it’s divided in two sections:
Section I: Essential Management Skills
This section will help you define your new role, create a productive environment, and uncover how best to communicate within your organization. Discover the sources of employee motivation and how to delegate and coach others to superior performance. It will also help you keep up with the pace and demands of managing projects.
Chapter 1 - Basic Management
Chapter 2 -Performance Management
Chapter 3 -Managing Staff Changes
Chapter 4 -Project Management
Section II: Senior Management Skills
Moving from management to leadership requires a shift in your skills; most organizations need a strategy and long term vision on what needs to be done.Think strategically and act tactically. It will also help you on the transition into thinking like a leader.
Chapter 5 -Strategic Thinking
Chapter 6 -Leadership
On the Leadership chapter it starts with a Leadership Self-Assessment then on the course of the chapter you will have other self-assessments and exercises which I found very useful!
It also contains 3 Appendix with Self-Assessment on Comfort Level with Delegation, Coaching Planning Worksheet and a Project Management Planning Template.
I would also recommend you to take a look on the AMA website http://www.amanet.org/ where you can find a lot of useful information, seminars, articles and news from the business world.
I just finished reading this great book: AMA Business Boot Camp edited by Edward T. Reilly and I wanted to recommend to everyone in management and leadership positions.
This book is like a “crash course” in management and leadership. It’s a great book if you just got promoted to a Management position or even if you are in a Senior Management position as well. It is written in an accessible way making it very enjoyable to read.
AMA Business Boot Camp is organized to follow the progression of a manager’s career, focusing on developing the collective skills of successful managers and the defining qualities of outstanding leaders. I think it’s very interesting to find all this in one book.
The AMA Business Boot Camp has 6 chapters and it’s divided in two sections:
Section I: Essential Management Skills
This section will help you define your new role, create a productive environment, and uncover how best to communicate within your organization. Discover the sources of employee motivation and how to delegate and coach others to superior performance. It will also help you keep up with the pace and demands of managing projects.
Chapter 1 - Basic Management
Chapter 2 -Performance Management
Chapter 3 -Managing Staff Changes
Chapter 4 -Project Management
Section II: Senior Management Skills
Moving from management to leadership requires a shift in your skills; most organizations need a strategy and long term vision on what needs to be done.Think strategically and act tactically. It will also help you on the transition into thinking like a leader.
Chapter 5 -Strategic Thinking
Chapter 6 -Leadership
On the Leadership chapter it starts with a Leadership Self-Assessment then on the course of the chapter you will have other self-assessments and exercises which I found very useful!
It also contains 3 Appendix with Self-Assessment on Comfort Level with Delegation, Coaching Planning Worksheet and a Project Management Planning Template.
I would also recommend you to take a look on the AMA website http://www.amanet.org/ where you can find a lot of useful information, seminars, articles and news from the business world.
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January 23, 2014
Simple to grasp cookbook-style unexciting read.
December 11, 2014
Basic book about management (the title tells you this!). Slow and very evident in the beginning, gets more interesting by the end.
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