The Competent Manager: A Model for Effective Performance
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Book Overview
Offers an empirical, ''total'' system approach that determines which characteristics of managers enable them to be effective in various management jobs. Presents a large-scale, intensive study (2,000 managers holding 41 different jobs in 12 organizations) that provides a context for identifying the special characteristics, as well as assessing and developing managerial talent. Develops a logical, integrated model of managerial competence that explains the relationship of these characteristics to each other, to the functions of the management job, and to the key aspects of the internal organizational environment. Also introduces a model of individual competence.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:047109031X
ISBN13:9780471090311
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Wiley
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.38 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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Overarching Management Competencies -- It's Not All About Relationships
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
In "The Competent Manager: A Model for Effective Performance" Richard Boyatzis uses empirical data to define the competencies of effective leaders. While many of today's `leadership' books are overly generalized leadership philosophies or biographies of leader idiosyncrasies that worked in special situations, few books are specific in enumerating overarching leadership competencies. Boyatzis has been very disciplined in empirically measuring competencies that enable leadership success in earning business results. In light of Boyatzis's more recent work in Emotional Intelligence, one might anticipate that emotionally intelligent operational managers would evaluate and review their individual management competencies to identify their most relevant opportunities for either developing their deficient competencies or partnering with co-leaders who compliment their identified shortcomings. "The Competent Manager", though a difficult read, would be a valuable starting point for one's initial competency self-evaluation. I recommend "The Competent Manager: A Model for Effective Performance" for anyone leading their organization's initiatives for leadership and management development.
Excellent book for understanding management competencies
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Boyatzis offers a critical look at what makes up management competencies. It contains much more than just "what someone thinks," or "what looks right." This book's findings come from extensive research. It is an excellent book for someone serious about understanding what makes a manager competent.
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