Tuesday, January 21, 2014

The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business, 2nd Edition, James M. Hunt

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The Second Edition presents a developmental coaching methodology that managers can use to guide employees to achieve higher levels of skill, experience greater engagement with organizations, and promote personal development. Clearly written, without jargon, specific coaching techniques are illustrated through short case studies and self-assessment exercises that help readers apply the principles in their own lives. A coaching model solidly grounded in adult learning theory helps readers reflect on their strengths and weaknesses. This edition has new features including real-world examples and cases that demonstrate how developmental coaching can be integrated with goal setting.

Review
“The Coaching Manager is a timely and valuable resource for leaders interested in fostering a culture of coaching in contemporary organizations. Evidence-based strategies and real-world exemplars are provided for cultivating talent today and inspiring success for the future.” (Patricia A. Hickey, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, 2010-03-19)

"The second edition takes into account the new challenges and opportunities posed by an increasingly global workforce, new technology, and a persistent and rapid pace of change. The authors have, once again, provided an excellent handbook for any manager who wants to be an effective coach, and any individual who wants to leverage the potential of coaching in varied and commonly encountered situations at work." (Kathy E. Kram, PhD 2010-03-19)

"A practical introductory text in developing coaching managers."

From the Inside Flap
"The Coaching Manager provides real-world strategies for developing people in any organization. Hunt and Weintraub bring together a new model of coaching along with a solid understanding of how business works. A must read for leaders at all levels."

--Roger Enrico, former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author
Dr. James M. Hunt is Assistant Professor of Management and the Charles E. McCarthy Family Trust Term Chair, at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He teaches management, strategic human resource management and leadership. James is also a faculty member of the Leadership and Influence Program at Babson's School of Executive Education. Previously, James served on the faculty of Clark University’s Graduate School of Management.

James is a Faculty Co-Director of the Coaching for Leadership at Babson. The Babson Coaching Program provides developmental coaching for Babson Students working toward enhancing their competencies in leadership and teamwork. Each year, the faculty train over five hundred Babson Alumni and MBA students in coaching techniques and development planning. His recent paper on coaching (with Dr. Joseph Weintraub) was awarded the "Best Management Development Paper" by the Academy of Management, the largest professional association of business school professors in the world.

James is also a founder of Hunt Associates, a career and leadership development firm that provides executive coaching, career counseling, employee assistance programs and strategic human resource consulting. (www.HuntAssociates.com) Since 1990, Hunt Associates has worked with companies such as the Bose Corporation, 3Com, Genzyme, and Stratus Computer.

James graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B. Sc. Degree and received the doctorate in business administration from Boston University’s Graduate School of Management, where he studied career and leadership development and work/life balance.

Dr. Joseph R. Weintraub is Faculty Co-Director of the Coaching for Leadership Program at Babson College where he is also an Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior. At Babson, he developed the Human Resource Management and Leadership Courses in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in business. He is also President and Founder of Organizational Dimensions, a human resources consulting firm based in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Dr. Weintraub’s work has appeared in many publications including Fortune, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He has also appeared on several syndicated television programs such as Evening Magazine and The Bottom Line. His recent paper on coaching (with Dr. James Hunt) was awarded the "Best Management Development Paper" by the Academy of Management, the largest professional association of business school professors in the world. He is also one of the developers of Star-Teams Insights ™ a web-based assessment report providing developmental feedback on leadership, teamwork and work style.

Dr. Weintraub has worked with many organizations including Fidelity Investments, Dunkin’ Donuts, Bose, AT&T, Duke Energy and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Much of his recent activity has been focused in the areas of leadership and coaching. He is currently working with companies in both Japan and the U.S. to combine the teaching of leadership, coaching, and teamwork with the playing of baseball.

Dr. Weintraub received his B.S. degree from the University of Pittsburgh and both his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University. He is also the past president of the Human Resources Council, a Boston-based HR professional association.

Product Details :
  • Paperback: 328 pages
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc; Second Edition edition (May 6, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1412977762
  • ISBN-13: 978-1412977760
  • Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 6 x 8.8 inches

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The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation: A Collection of Readings, 2nd Edition, Ralph Katz

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Organizations competing in today's rapidly changing technological markets are faced with the challenges of "dualism"--operating efficiently in the present while innovating effectively for the future. Managers and leaders within these organizations not only have to focus on current market success and profitability, but they must also introduce the next generation of technical advances, product attributes, or service features that will sustain and even augment their continuing global competitiveness.

The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation, 2/e, provides a variety of approaches and perspectives on issues critical to the effective leadership of technical professionals and cross-functional teams throughout the innovation process. Designed for courses within business, engineering, and executive education programs, the book has been updated throughout and features more than twenty articles new to this edition. In the articles, researchers and practitioners present their thoughts and ideas of the complex interplay between the specialized knowledge and skills of creative professionals and the realistic pressures and constraints required by successful business organizations.

The text is organized into seven sections that cover such topics as motivating professionals, measuring productivity, organizing and leading cross-functional development teams, enhancing creativity and decision-making, developing human resource capabilities, building and maintaining innovative climates, managing lead users for new product innovation, and using technology as a strategic resource. It can be used in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses as well as in organizational workshops and seminars that focus primarily on how managers, individual professionals, project teams, and functional groups deal with problems and issues related to the management of technology-based innovation. The book can also be used as a complementary text for any course that emphasizes product, process, organizational, or technological innovation.

The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation, 2/e, provides a unique collection of articles that increase the sensitivity and understanding of individuals who are managing or influencing innovation and change processes within organizations. It also offers practicing managers and staff professionals new ideas, tools, and insights for problem-solving, organizing, and functioning more effectively.

About the Author
Ralph Katz is at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Very good collection of articles and journal papers about Management. Furthermore, the topics discussed pertain directly to Science and Technology Workplaces and organizations that require different management skills than a conventional business with only one discipline. This book is a must for managers that have a mix of employees and personalities, and there are unique methods that percolate time tested ideas with statistical studies and research. To be quite honest, I have not finished reading all of the articles; however, there is an article that may stand out to a relevant dilemma. Recommended.

I bough this book for an Innnovation class I am taking at KU. The book contains a collection of articles that discuss innovation and its management from different angles. I am truly enjoying it.

I took a course with Professor Katz at MIT and this was the textbook. I recommend this series of article for anyone who is leading an organization in technology or science.

Product Details :
  • Paperback: 752 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (July 24, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0195135318
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195135312
  • Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 7.4 x 9.1 inches

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Managerial Economics: Theory, Applications, and Cases, 8th Edition, W. Bruce Allen

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Thoroughly updated to reflect the post-crisis, global, and digital economy. Modernized for the 21st century, the Eighth Edition emphasizes strategic thinking by managers and includes over 50 new case studies on events from 2010 to 2012 that prepare students for today’s changing economy.

About the Author
W. Bruce Allen (Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University) is Professor of Business and Public Policy at the Wharton School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania. For many years he was the Vice Dean and Director of the Wharton Graduate Division. He is an internationally recognized expert in transportation economics, and he specializes in demand theory and logistics. In addition to his duties at Wharton, Professor Allen teaches each summer in India and consults for numerous companies domestically and abroad. He has won a number of teaching awards, including the coveted Anvil Award, the highest teaching honor at Wharton since it is voted on by the students.

Keith Weigelt (Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University) is the Rebecca and Morris Marks Professor of Management at the Wharton School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania. He is an internationally recognized expert in business strategy, game theory, and tournaments, with articles published in the following leading journals: Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Business, and Management Science. Professor Weigelt has won numerous teaching awards, most recently the Undergraduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award and the “Tough, but I will thank you in 5 years” Award.

Neil A. Doherty (Ph.D. Cranfield Institute) is the Frederick H. Ecker Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at the Wharton School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania. He is an internationally recognized expert in corporate risk management, and is the author of Integrated Risk Management (McGraw-Hill, 2000). Professor Doherty has also won numerous teaching awards.

The late Edwin Mansfield was for many years a distinguished professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He was an internationally recognized expert in the economics of technology and industrial organization. His numerous texts, all published by W.W. Norton, have sold millions of copies around the world. In 1979, when Sino-American scientific agreements were finally reached, Mansfield was the first American economist to lecture in the People's Republic of China.

If your looking for an applied managerial economics text this really isn't it. It is solid in it's theory presentation and cases, but the applications are mostly theoretical, not applied. This isn't a book you will keep around for reference.

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  • Paperback: 736 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Eighth Edition edition (September 15, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393124495
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393124491
  • Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 7.4 x 9 inches

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