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The one minute manager meets the monkey, Kenneth Blanchard, William Oncken, Jr., and Hal Burrows

eng

no index present

non fiction

The one minute manager meets the monkey

19811241

Kenneth Blanchard, William Oncken, Jr., and Hal Burrows

The Blanchard and Bowles business library

Teaches managers how to become effective supervisors of time, energy, and talent

The problem -- First management position -- Meeting with boss -- Meeting with the One Minute Manager -- Fundamental management dilemma -- Diagnosis: self-inflicted problem -- Definition of a monkey -- Who owns the monkey? -- Vicious cycle -- The solution -- The One Minute Manager's awakening -- The depth of the problem -- Rescuing -- A feeling of optimism -- Returning the monkeys -- Having time for my people -- Onchen's rules of monkey management : Rule 1: Descriptions ; Rule 2: Owners ; Rule 3: Insurance policies ; Rule 4: Feeding and checkups -- A summary of Oncken's four rules of monkey management -- Delegation -- Coaching -- Balancing three kinds of organizational time : Boss-imposed time ; System-imposed time ; Self-imposed time -- Discretionary: the most vital time -- Starting with subordinate-imposed time -- Planting discretionary time -- Managing rather than doing -- The ultimate conversion