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Myths of Management: Dispel the Misconceptions and Become an Influential Manager
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 From leadership and management to social media, strategy and the workplace, these accessible books overturn out-of-date assumptions, skewer stereotypes and put oft-repeated slogans to the test.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.
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 From leadership and management to social media, strategy and the workplace, these accessible books overturn out-of-date assumptions, skewer stereotypes and put oft-repeated slogans to the test.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.
272 pages, Paperback
Published October 25, 2022
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September 26, 2022
Thank you to the author, publishers Kogan Page and NetGalley UK for access to this as an advance reader’s ebook. This is an honest and voluntary review.
The ‘Myths of’ series are perfect light reads which act as a great introduction to an area of work or as a useful check in for someone experienced. Myths of Management fits well into that pattern.
The book is written as a series of short chapters each examining a well cited myth about management, from the first 100 days are make or break to long hours will lead to success. The format makes it easy to dip in and out of this book which means it stands head and shoulders above most of the dense management tomes.
Each myth is tackled with a sense of humour, which creeps into smug territory in a few chapter. But, there’s also a solid grounding of referencing and recommendations which can be followed up for anyone looking for more depth.
It would make an excellent gift for someone entering their first management role.
The ‘Myths of’ series are perfect light reads which act as a great introduction to an area of work or as a useful check in for someone experienced. Myths of Management fits well into that pattern.
The book is written as a series of short chapters each examining a well cited myth about management, from the first 100 days are make or break to long hours will lead to success. The format makes it easy to dip in and out of this book which means it stands head and shoulders above most of the dense management tomes.
Each myth is tackled with a sense of humour, which creeps into smug territory in a few chapter. But, there’s also a solid grounding of referencing and recommendations which can be followed up for anyone looking for more depth.
It would make an excellent gift for someone entering their first management role.
January 31, 2025
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