General Managers

Zusatztext The Washington Post Well-documented! powerful! thorough...valuable for aspiring managers...must reading for board members and owners of companies looking for leaders. Informationen zum Autor John P. Kotter is Chairman of the Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Area at the Harvard Business School. The winner of two McKinsey Awards from the Harvard Business Review, he is the author of six books, including Power and Influence (also published by The Free Press). Klappentext In this unprecedented study of America's leading executives, John Kotter shatters the popular management notion of the effective 'generalist' manager who can step into any business of division and run it. Based on his first - hand observations of fifteen top GMs from nine major companies, Kotter persuasively shows that the best manager is actually a specialist who has spent most of his or her career in one industry, learning its intricacies and establishing cooperative working relationships. Zusammenfassung In this unprecedented study of America's leading executives! John Kotter shatters the popular management notion of the effective "generalist" manager who can step into any business or division and run it. Based on his first-hand observations of fifteen top GMs from nine major companies! Kotter persuasively shows that the best manager is actually a specialist who has spent most of his or her career in one industry! learning its intricacies and establishing cooperative working relationships. Acquiring the painstaking knowledge and large! informal networks vital to being a successful manager takes years; outsiders! no matter how talented or well-trained seldom can do as well! this in-depth profile reveals. Much more than a fascinating collective portrait of the day-to-day activities of today's top executives! The General Managers provides stimulating new insights into the nature of modern management and the tactics of its most accomplished practitioners. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPreface to the Paperback EditionPreface1. INTRODUCTIONThe Participants in the StudyA Few Examples: Gaines, Thompson, and RichardsonThe Findings and Their Presentations: Some Initial CommentsThe Organization of the BookThe Major Themes2. THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT JOBS: KEY CHALLENGES AND DILEMMASThe Jobs, the Context and the Emergent DemandsJob Demands I: Challenges and Dilemmas Associated with the ResponsibilitiesJob Demands II: Challenges and Dilemmas Associated with the RelationshipsThe Overall Demands: A SummaryDifferences in Job DemandsSeven Different Kinds of GM JobsDifferent Business and Corporate Settings: The Impact of Size, Age, Performance Level, and Other FactorsSummary and Discussion3. THE GENERAL MANAGERS: PERSONAL AND BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICSCommon Personal CharacteristicsBasic PersonalityKnowledge and RelationshipsJob-related Reasons for the SimilaritiesCommon Background CharacteristicsChildhood Family EnvironmentEducational and Career ExperiencesPossible Reasons for the Background SimilaritiesDifferences in Personal and Background CharacteristicsAge-related DifferencesJob-related Reasons for Individual DifferencesMain Factors Creating MisfitsSummary and Discussion4. GENERAL MANAGERS IN ACTION: PART I -- SIMILARITIES IN BEHAVIORThe ApproachAgenda SettingNetwork BuildingExecution: Getting Networks to Implement AgendasUnderlying Reasons for the Basic ApproachForces Behind the Agenda-setting ProcessForces Behind the Network-building ProcessForces Behind the Execution ProcessManifestations of This Approach in Daily BehaviorThe Twelve Visible Patterns in How They Use Their TimeA Specific ExampleJob-related Reasons for the SimilaritiesPatterns Directly Related to Their Approach to the JobThe Efficiency of Seemingly Inefficient BehaviorSummary and Discussion5. GENERAL MANAGERS IN ACTION: PART II -- DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVIORThe Basic PatternsThe Range of DifferencesAnteceden...

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John P. Kotter is Chairman of the Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Area at the Harvard Business School. The winner of two McKinsey Awards from the Harvard Business Review, he is the author of six books, including Power and Influence (also published by The Free Press).

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In this unprecedented study of America's leading executives, John Kotter shatters the popular management notion of the effective 'generalist' manager who can step into any business of division and run it. Based on his first - hand observations of fifteen top GMs from nine major companies, Kotter persuasively shows that the best manager is actually a specialist who has spent most of his or her career in one industry, learning its intricacies and establishing cooperative working relationships.

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Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface

1. INTRODUCTION

The Participants in the Study

A Few Examples: Gaines, Thompson, and Richardson

The Findings and Their Presentations: Some Initial Comments

The Organization of the Book

The Major Themes

2. THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT JOBS: KEY CHALLENGES AND DILEMMAS

The Jobs, the Context and the Emergent Demands

Job Demands I: Challenges and Dilemmas Associated with the Responsibilities

Job Demands II: Challenges and Dilemmas Associated with the Relationships

The Overall Demands: A Summary

Differences in Job Demands

Seven Different Kinds of GM Jobs

Different Business and Corporate Settings: The Impact of Size, Age, Performance Level, and Other Factors

Summary and Discussion

3. THE GENERAL MANAGERS: PERSONAL AND BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS

Common Personal Characteristics

Basic Personality

Knowledge and Relationships

Job-related Reasons for the Similarities

Common Background Characteristics

Childhood Family Environment

Educational and Career Experiences

Possible Reasons for the Background Similarities

Differences in Personal and Background Characteristics

Age-related Differences

Job-related Reasons for Individual Differences

Main Factors Creating Misfits

Summary and Discussion

4. GENERAL MANAGERS IN ACTION: PART I -- SIMILARITIES IN BEHAVIOR

The Approach

Agenda Setting

Network Building

Execution: Getting Networks to Implement Agendas

Underlying Reasons for the Basic Approach

Forces Behind the Agenda-setting Process

Forces Behind the Network-building Process

Forces Behind the Execution Process

Manifestations of This Approach in Daily Behavior

The Twelve Visible Patterns in How They Use Their Time

A Specific Example

Job-related Reasons for the Similarities

Patterns Directly Related to Their Approach to the Job

The Efficiency of Seemingly Inefficient Behavior

Summary and Discussion

5. GENERAL MANAGERS IN ACTION: PART II -- DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVIOR

The Basic Patterns

The Range of Differences

Antecedents

Tom Long

The Job and Its Context

Tom

Tom's Approach to the Job

Daily Behavior

Richard Papolis

The Job and Its Context

Richard

Richard's Approach to the Job

Daily Behavior

Long and Papolis: A Few Final Observations

Differences in Behavior, Their Antecedents, and Performance

Summary and Discussion

f0 6. SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INCREASING GM PERFORMANCE

Summary

Job Demands

The Personal Characteristics of Effective General Managers

Similarities in the Behavior of Effective General Managers

Differences in Behavior

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