Management (ePub)

Contents Author's Preface to the English Edition 2010 11 Preface to the New German Edition 2007 15 Concept and Logic of the Series "Management: Mastering Complexity" 18 Introduction 20 Central Propositions 21 A Word on the Terms Used 22 Part I What Management Is and What It Is Not 25 1.What Management Is Not 27 Management Is Not Status, Rank, and Privileges 28 Management Is Not Business Administration 28 Management Is Not Limited to Commercial Enterprises 29 Management Is Not Management of People 30 Management Is Not Doing Business 32 Management Is Not Entrepreneurship 32 Management Is Not Only Top Management 33 Management Is Not Identical with U.S. Management 34 Management Is Not Identical with MBA programs 35 Management Is Not Identical with Operational Tasks 36 Management Is Not Leadership 37 2.What Management Is 39 From Resources to Value 39 What Further Sharpens the View on Management 40 What Does "Craft" Mean? 42 From an Art to a Profession 43 Management is Dealing with Complexity 44 What Is Cybernetics? 46 Simple and Complex Systems 48 The Dominance of Reductionism 49 Management - Control of High-Variety Systems 51 The Law of Requisite Variety 53 New Role Models 55 3.Why Management Is Important 57 Management Is the Most Important Societal Function 57 Management Is the Social Code of the Ability to Master Life 58 4.Right Management Is Universally Valid 60 Two Differentiations so Far Overlooked 60 A Solution to Time-Honored Pseudo-Problems 62 Everybody Makes Their Own Mistakes 63 Business Model and Management Are Different Things 64 Important and Unpleasant Consequences 64 The Courage to Be Normative 65 Part II Effectiveness: Managing People Managing a Business 67 5.Managing People: The Standard Model of Right and Good Management 69 Logic of the Model 69 What Every Manager Needs 72 Expansion of the Model 89 Management Tasks and Operational Tasks: A Much-Neglected Distinction 89 Specifics of Application 92 Five Fields of Application in Practice 94 6.Managing a

Prof. Dr. oec. habil. Fredmund Malik is a pioneer of management in complex systems. As such, he advocates the need for a complete change in approach, 180-degree turn: from the false doctrines and theories of the past to a nature, system, and brain-friendly conception. As a scientist, author, consultant, and management coach, Professor Malik has been teaching, advising, and influencing the thinking of executives and managers across all levels, organizations, and industries.

For decades, the St. Gallen based professor has been an entrepreneur in his own right. He is the owner of Malik Management and the employer of around 250 people in St. Gallen, Zurich, Vienna, Berlin, London, Shanghai, and Toronto. He is also a member of several supervisory, administrative, and foundation boards.
Fredmund Malik stands for the unparalleled integration of practice and science. His latest publication with Campus was the new edition of his best seller Managing, Performing, Living. Effective Management for a New Era.