Becoming a Master Manager: A Competing Values Approach

by Robert E. Quinn, Lynda S. St. Clair, Sue R. Faerman

Integrating theory and empirical evidence, Becoming a Master helps students and future managers master the dynamics and intricacies of the modern business environment. The text’s unique “competing values framework” provides a deep and holistic understanding of what is required to effectively manage any type of organization. Readers learn to develop and apply critical managerial skills that encourage change, promote adaptability, build stability, maintain continuity, strengthen commitment and cohesion, and yield positive organizational results. The seventh edition features new and revised content throughout, offering students a comprehensive and up-to-date presentation of critical management competencies and their underlying theoretical value intentions and real-life application. Throughout the text, classroom-tested exercises enable students to assess, analyze, practice, and apply the material while gaining insight into the paradoxes and contradictions that make the practice of management so complex.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business

288 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2005

Reviews

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A huge resource in becoming a better participant in organizations at every level.

[Gustavo Tavares · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muito relevante para gestores em qualquer estágio do desenvolvimento da carreira. O capítulo introdutório, por si só, foi capaz de explicar muitos dos meus sucessos e insucessos profissionais de maneira estruturada e convicente.

[Mauri · Rating 2 out of 5]

Management class, Spring 2015.

[BookAddict ✒ La Crimson Femme · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was part of MBA course and it was pretty helpful and easy to read. I enjoyed it and it helped me thought more about how to be a good manager. The chapters are well laid out.