TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haines,Steven
TI  - The new manager's survival guide: everything you need to know to succeed in the corporate world 
SN  - 9781259588976 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - HD31.2 .H35 2016
U1  - 658.4/09 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
KW  - Management
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index; Table of Contents Cover
Forewordp. vii
 
Introductionp. xi
 
Chapter 1 Starting Out: Assessing Your Business Acumenp. 1
 
Chapter 2 Finding Your Way around the Organizationp. 21
 
Chapter 3 You Can't Do It All Yourselfp. 51
 
Chapter 4 Money Is Not a Foreign Languagep. 69
 
Chapter 5 Leveraging Processes To Get Things Donep. 95
 
Chapter 6 Using Data to Solve Problems and Make Decisionsp. 119
 
Chapter 7 Mastering Marketsp. 141
 
Chapter 8 Setting Direction with Strategyp. 173
 
Chapter 9 Understanding Productsp. 195
 
Chapter 10 Marketing: The Fulcrum of the Organizationp. 225
 
Chapter 11 Assessing Business Performancep. 243
 
Chapter 12 Your Professional Development Strategyp. 265
 
Appendix A The Business Acumen Assessmentp. 273
 
Glossaryp. 285
 
Bibliographyp. 303
 
Indexp. 307

N2  - Whether you're an experienced employee in a first time managerial role or a complete business novice, this guide has everything you need to excel in your field Written in a style designed to help you grasp concepts quickly and effectively, The New Manager's Survival Guide provides the information and tools you need to create a solid team, department, or company. It helps you advance your career by covering the nuts and bolts of managing a business, which is not often taught in business classes and which even experienced managers sometimes need to brush up on. You will learn the ins and outs of management, including understanding organizational design, building and utilizing teams, using data to make smart decisions, crafting strategy, creating product plans, and managing people up, down, or across organizational lines. In addition, the book provides new tools for supervisory managers who aren't familiar with the important practice of coaching. Plus, a self-assessment instrument helps you determine your knowledge level beforehand, so you can skip the parts you have already mastered and/or focus more deeply on practices you need work on
ER  -