"The Reality of Management", now in its third edition, carves a clear course through the fads and fashions of management theory providing the manager with a practical and usable guide to managing effectively. First published in the 1960s, this thoroughly revised and updated edition finds the fundamentals of managing remain the same. It provides a unique long perspective on current managerial fashions, on the evidence of their utility and distinguishing what is new from what is reinvention. "The Reality of Management" is addressed to all managers who wish to learn more about their jobs for the practical reason of becoming better managers and to all students who seek to learn something of the realities of management. Offering practical, hands-on, readable approach to the realities of management, it includes descriptions of social research into management practice and problems. This title stands as a management classic alongside Peter Drucker, Mary Parker Follet, Charles Handy and Michael Porter's works.
- ISBN10 0750642890
- ISBN13 9780750642897
- Publish Date 14 May 1999 (first published December 1963)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 September 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
- Edition New ed of 3 Revised ed
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English