Media Type : Book | Rating : 7.5 out of 10 | Read on : June 23^rd, 2004

Released : October 1983 | New & Used Book Price : $11.66 & $1.50

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The book is around 112 pages, and you will not put it down easily if you run a business or work in a management position. Everyone else will find the management skills very interesting that they can adopt easily by customizing them a bit to suit their daily lives. The book talks about a manager who runs things the simple yet effective way, employing techniques which make his company perform very well and makes his employees very productive in his work. The net result is a smooth communication between him and his employees. The book will take you through the different methods and rules employed by this manager in detail, leading you up to each rule through a narrative that employees a very good story-telling technique to narrate to you the experience of a person who is looking for a good manager to work for, and to learn how such a manager works. The whole book revolves entirely almost upon a single meeting between the person who wants to learn more and work for a good manager and the ideal manager himself.

This is a very good read for almost any employee or employer to improve their own communication and management skills [even if they are not managers at a company], and these techniques can be utilized in daily life also when interacting with other people. It is basically a set of rules and steps one can take or employ to communicate with your co-workers and get things done to achieve the results you want, or results that are beneficial in a general sense. Even though the book was written more than 20 years ago, the management skills mentioned in the book are not only valid today, but they are written and explained in such a manner that it is hard to consider a time when they may become obsolete.

Overall, a good book to read if you want to improve your management skills or communication skills with your co-workers. The font used within the book is a bit bigger than the normal small font used in books, so you should be done with the book within a day or two if you like reading stories or books written in a narrative form or something close. The authors have written almost 85 books combined, many of them together, on a number of different topics regarding work place, customer service and managing your place in business and business relationships. Thus, you can expect very professional advice embedded within the story in this book.