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Managing for Success
Book

Managing for Success

Practical Advice for Managers

Cambridge Hill Press, 2014 plus...


Editorial Rating

8

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Recommendation

Calling upon his more than four decades of management and executive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Steven R. Smith presents a clear, intelligent, highly useful manual for all modern managers. Smith covers every area of responsibility – with a focus on hiring – and begins from a compelling position: Most managers who are promoted due to their skills and achievements in various areas of business performance are ill-prepared for management jobs and could benefit from any guidance they can get. Smith’s pragmatic – if mainstream – advice provides very concise basic management training while offering worthwhile insights into employee-manager and manager-boss relations. getAbstract recommends Smith’s unpretentious, valuable primer to managers who could use a refresher and to those who are mostly winging it for now.

Take-Aways

  • Most managers perform poorly because they lack proper management training.
  • Many learn how to manage from their managers, who also lack formal training.
  • Being an expert in your professional specialty does not make you a good manager.

About the Author

Steven R. Smith, a registered pharmacist, spent 42 years serving in management and executive positions in the pharmaceutical industry.


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    M. T. 4 years ago
    good
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    S. K. 5 years ago
    I like this book. There are a lot of useful advices. Must read for young managers.