Practice of Management

Preface; Introduction: the nature of management - The role of management; The jobs of management; The challenge to management; Managing a business - The Sears story; What is a business?; What is our business and what should it be?; The objectives of a business; Today's decisions for tomorrow's results; The principles of production; Managing managers - The Ford story; Management by objectives and self-control; Managers must manage; The spirit of an organization; Chief executive and board; Developing managers; The structure of management - What kind of structure?; Building the structure; The small, the large, the growing business; The management of worker and work - The IBM story; Employing the whole man; Is personnel management bankrupt?; Human organization for peak performance; Motivating to peak performance; The economic dimension; The supervisor; The professional employee; What it means to be a manager - The manager and his work; Making decisions; The manager of tomorrow; Conclusion: the responsibilities of management; Selected bibliography; Index.