The One Minute Manager | 
|  | | |
 This book is also available, brand-new, from 3rd-party marketplace sellers at Amazon.com, from $11.78. |
The HTML code below can be pasted onto your web-site, your MySpace page, or blog - or any number of similar places - to create a link to this page: If, instead of a text link, you'd like to create a link to this page which will display the book cover, if it's available, then the code below will do exactly that:
Check for the same book at these other US book sites:
• [ Abebooks ] • [ Alibris ] • [ Barnes & Noble ] • [ Half.com ] • [ Powells ] … or check UK bookstores
| Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees. The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits. That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.
| Other Items You May Enjoy:
Browse Books From These Related Subjects:
Customer Reviews:
• Three Powerful Secrets 30 June, 2008
I just reread this great little primer on management and found it just as helpful as I did fifteen years ago. While its concepts are simple, they are also quite effective IF managers (including teachers, parents, and front-line supervisors) would implement them correctly. The three secrets of one-minute goal setting, one-minute praisings,and one-minute reprimands are based on sound behavioral principles and are bound to work as long as certain guidelines are met. For instance, goals should be realistic and specific, praisings should be sincere and immediate, and reprimands should end with a bit of encouragement. I love the idea of managers walking around trying to catch people doing things right. What a refreshing idea!
Read the book and apply the principles in your home, office, or factory. While the three guidelines won't solve every human relations problem, they offer sound, practical advice that will lay the foundation for effectiveness.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1EEW7AS30AK5Q
• One Minute 26 June, 2008
Great book but really doesn't go far enough. I wish there was more. I guess its on to the next version.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1O08L26DWTXLQ
• The One Minute Manager 07 May, 2008
Blanchard and Johnson's The One Minute Manager presents a novel, yet simplistic perspective for corporate management. The authors tell a very boring and manufactured story in order to present a "new and exciting" form of management. The author's stress honesty, shared sense of responsibility and dialog between boss and employee. In order to keep this flow of communication open the manager must engage in three tools or secrets.
First, the employee must submit and record a one-minute, one-page set of goals. The manager asks how and when the goals will be achieved and helps to define success in the situation. The end result will be compared to the initial goal setting sheet in order to identifying the goal achieved or failed. This exercise puts the boss and employee on the same page about the true responsibilities of the employee.
The second secret is one-minute praising. When an employee does something right they are immediately praised for a minute. This furthers the employee's understanding of quality work because there is an immediate validation or rejection in their work. Employees strive to be praised and repeated good habits become second nature for the employees.
The third secret is the One Minute Reprimand. When an employee does something wrong they are to be reprimanded for a minute. The manager informs the employee that they are doing something wrong. The problem is specifically defined and explained. The manager explains the problems in the action but does not attack the employee specifically. The manager must then remember to praise the employee to remind them that they are valued and respected.
Though this form is of management is innovative it is not a groundbreaking concept. Open lines of communication and specific goals are not new theories of organization, but they are effective tools. This book does a good job of explaining a couple tools to improve communication but still is not worth reading.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A307JBGAWKC8XX
• Great Read For New Managers 07 May, 2008
I bought this book for my husband and he found it very useful. He's already implementing these ideas at work with some very positive feedback. He gives this 4 out of 5 rather than 5 out 5 for it's slightly patronising prose.
- Reviewed by customer ID: ARFEQQIRQA710
• Worth Equal To Toilet Paper 16 May, 2008
do you want a summary of this book?
Stupid kid: "Hey Mr. Manager, how about you teach me some managing stuff to manage people"
Manager:"you want me to teach you some managing stuff to manage people with"?
Stupid kid: "yeah i want you to teach me some managing stuff, to manage people with"
Manager: "allright, ill teach you some managing stuff to manage people with"
Stupid kid: "you mean to tell me you'd teach me some managing stuff to manage people with"?
Manager: "i dont like repeating stuff, ill show you some managing stuff to manage people with"
*repeat thought out the whole book
if you are in idiot and you think books like rich dad poor dad are good books, then prepare for a heart warming story
if not, dont waste your time like i did, this bs could have been written in a greeting card
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3SK9KX4N7H8LL
|
