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Like many things in life, becoming a great manager is in fact a simple process - if only we knew how and changed our current habits. The authors in this book have identified 15 fundamental principles that are exhibited by great managers and which can easily be followed by mere mortals when they have something or somebody to manage. These fundamentals derive from the real experience of successful managers. One by one, the fundamentals are described and illustrative examples given of their use, especially in relation to what great managers do and importantly what bad managers fail to do. The objective is to give the reader a clear understanding of the meaning and importance of each fundamental. Stories, proverbs and aphorisms that will help the reader remember and apply these fundamentals are also included.
We have written this book because when we ran a workshop
on managing organisations at a strategic level, we
were accused of making it all too simple: “There was nothing
sophisticated or complex in your presentations.” Our
immediate response was to say, “That’s the whole point,
managing is simple, but – to add the words of one of the
world’s leading management gurus – it isn’t easy.”
This led us to ask ourselves what is it that on the one
hand is simple, but on the other is not easy to do properly?
We can say that arithmetic is simple because you can use
your fingers, but it isn’t easy until you have learnt to count
and recognise the meaning of numbers. What, we asked
ourselves, is the analogous answer for managing? |
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 Python Hacking Essentials
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wishes to make an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game. This book will
show you what anMMOis comprised of, how to design your game ideas, and give
you an extensive tour of an MMO creation package called Realm Crafter.
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