| The Strategic Middle Manager: How to Create and Sustain Competitive Advantage Contributor(s): Floyd, Steven W. (Author), Wooldridge, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 078790208X ISBN-13: 9780787902087 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $44.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1996 Annotation: In The Strategic Middle Manager, management experts, consultants, and researchers Steven Floyd and Bill Wooldridge demonstrate that the success of future organizations rests decisively on having managers who can lead effectively from the middle. With hands-on tools and valuable guidance the authors redefine the vital role of middle management today to show managers how to increase their strategic value - and secure their future careers. The authors' decade of research involving over 250 middle managers illustrates for top management how to unleash the potential dynamos in the middle of the organization and also presents to aspiring new professionals a state-of-the-art blueprint for future success in management. The Strategic Middle Manager offers a fresh approach and insight into how middle managers at leading firms such as Motorola, Intel, First Fidelity Bank, and Texas Instruments are creating and sustaining their organization's competitive advantage. Floyd and Wooldridge detail the four strategic roles unique to middle managers - from project managers and sales directors to financial administrators - using examples of the successes and failures of today's key players as they contributed to their organization's effectiveness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Strategic Planning - Business & Economics | Management - General |
| Dewey: 658.401 |
| LCCN: 95025970 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.46" W x 9.64" (1.02 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An exceptional job of refocusing the middle manager's role?a mustread for practitioners and educators alike. --Jack Viega, editor, The Academy of Management Executives In their quest to become leaner, flatter, and reengineered, organizations have systematically cut out the very positions thatonce made them successful?mid-level managers. In The StrategicMiddle Manager, management experts Steven Floyd and Bill Wooldridgedraw on a decade of research involving over 250 middle managers todemonstrate that the success of future organizations restsdecisively on strong middle management. The authors present the tools managers need to: * Redefine their roles * Increase their strategic value * Secure their futures * Identify the top performers in the ranks...and much more Far from lacking perspective, middle managers have a unique, pivotal perspective that places them at the forefront oforganizational change. They can play the role of champion, synthesizer, facilitator, and implementer--and this book gives theadvice needed to energize management. A must-read for trainingprofessionals, managers, and top executives, Floyd and Wooldridge'swork will radically redesign--and drastically improve--yourorganization's effectiveness. |