How Managers Make Things Happen

How Managers Make Things Happen

by Dr. George S. Odiorne
How Managers Make Things Happen

How Managers Make Things Happen

by Dr. George S. Odiorne

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Overview

How can a manager control business situations to make them work for, rather than against him?

Dropping the “soft approach to human relations,” the author of this book, first published in 1961, strikes out for compelling leadership. He teaches managers how to make things happen and get things done. He reveals methods not usually discussed in “how to” books, and seldom taught in the schools of business.

Dr. Odiorne’s ideas have been called “fresh and striking,” and his concepts of the executive as a manager of situations have been labeled “valid and provocative.”

His incidents, as depicted herein, are carbon copies of those actually existing in business today. And it has been said that Odiorne accurately molds the type of manager “I would like to work for.”

Gain fuller cooperation, sharpen training, and generate greater productivity with these compelling tactics that spark subordinates to action and get things done.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781787205291
Publisher: Papamoa Press
Publication date: 06/28/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 220
File size: 624 KB

About the Author

George S. Odiorne (November 4, 1920 - January 19, 1992) was a business school university dean.

Born in Merrimac, Massachusetts, he grew up in nearby Lowell and began his career in a textile mill and writing for a newspaper for two cents per column inch. He went to work for the American Can Company in Jersey City, becoming a foreman, conducting time-and-motion studies and overseeing quality control.

He then served three years in the Army during WWII, fighting in the Pacific and leaving the service with the rank of captain.

After the war he studied management at Rutgers University where he received his B.S. degree, and at New York University where he earned his M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees. It was at NYU that he first encountered “management by objectives” and soon began expanding on the idea and promoting it.

He advanced through the positions of inspector, assistant foreman, foreman, and supervisor with the American Can Company. Later he joined General Mills, Inc. as the Assistant Director of Personnel. He has also consulted extensively on executive development with many other organizations.

Dr. Odiorne was the author of scores of published articles and co-author of several books. He is a member of the American Society for Training Directors, the American Economic Association, and the American Management Association.
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