Ken Blanchard went on to become the management guru of the 90s, writing countless books that can be found right here on Amazon. However, this text book is where is all began. I call it a text book because it is. This text has been used and is still used in management schools around the nation. Written with Hersey and Johnson, this book is the definitive foundation text on how to manage organizational behavior as it pertains to managing people. Following are a couple key points:
1) Diagnosis: It is a manager's job to modify their management style to employee needs. Evaluting employee needs and corresponding management styles can be easily done using Situational Leadership tools (found in book).
2) Intervention: Performance can be managed using the fundamental postive reinforcement psychology. Further, by consciously indentifying needs, performance can be improved more rapidly.
3) Evaluation: If behavioral change does not occur, the individual may not be in the right role.
This sounds dry and obvious by today's standards, but it wasn't when the first edition of this book was published (1980s). Further, most modern organiztional and management theory is based on this book. There is still gold to dig from its pages.
This book would be a timely and great investment to any in a management or leadership role. Awesome, awesome concepts to learn! The book was in very fair condition as I expected and the seller shipped it within a timely manner. I would recommend the seller and this book!
Outstanding book on organizational leadership. Not simply focused on one type of leadership, but drew on several different models. Authors drew parallels and contrasted styles in an excellent manner. THE book on organizational leadership.
Updated information on situational leadership model that is easy to learn and implement to improve one's leadership abilities and improve organizational results. Well written and contains enough examples to assist the reader in grasping the central concepts of the model's execution without belaboring points or creating just another dull text book on leadership techniques. Good addition to the library of anyone interested in increasing their personal leadership capabilities or anyone seriously studying the art of organizational leadership.
Very pleasant reading. The book has everything you need to know about situational leadership and gives you a lot of information on how to influence people to meet objectives. Once you read it you will know how to access the human behavior in different situations and how to take advantage of each of these situations.
Product Details :
- Hardcover: 360 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 10 edition (July 28, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0132556405
- ISBN-13: 978-0132556408
- Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 7 x 9.1 inches
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