by James McGrath (Author)
You're a busy manager and you want practical, effective answers to everyday problems - fast!
The Little Book of Big Management Questions provides instant solutions to the key questions that every manager asks themselves:
How can I motivate my team? How do I calculate the length of the project? How do I delegate effectively? How do I prepare a strategic plan? And many, many more.
Each question is easy to find, explains why it's important and the business thinking behind it. Then the fast, focused, expert solutions immediately empower you to take action and move forward with confidence.
The Little Book of Big Management Questions will make sure you can:
* Instantly and expertly handle a wide range of management challenges
* Be more prepared, more decisive and more in control
* Get the best from your team, the respect of your colleagues and the support of your peers
* Fully understand your responsibilities, the company you work for and your role within it.
All you want to know and how to apply it - in a nutshell.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
Edition: 1
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 22 May 2014
ISBN 10: 1292013605
ISBN 13: 9781292013602
Book Overview: Empowering answers to the most important questions that matter to every manager.
'An essential guide to help managers do their absolute best.'
John Elbro ACIOB, Managing Director, UK Service Lifts Ltd
'This is a book that every ambitious manager will find
very useful.'
Darren Hughes, Managing Director, PP Screeds & Drywall Ltd
Dr James McGrath qualified as an accountant in 1976. For nearly 30 years he worked in both the private and public sectors as an accountant, auditor, financial controller, senior manager and management consultant. In 1998 he joined the University of Central England, where he was the course director for the MA in Education and Professional Development and taught research skills and management and leadership. He is the co-author of four previous books:Your Education Research Companion, Your Teacher Training Handbook, Your Education Leadership Handbook (all with Anthony Coles); The Little Book of Big Management Theories (with Bob Bates). In 2012 he took early retirement and now writes full time. This is his first solo book. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has a BA (Hons) in Politics, an MA in Education and an EdD from the University of Birmingham, where his doctoral thesis was on management and leadership. He is a lifelong supporter of West Bromwich Albion, which, he says, will earn him a reduction in his sentence should he ever find himself in Purgatory.