Book description
Agility: Management Principles for a Volatile World is required reading for anyone managing individuals in small to medium-sized businesses, large corporations, non-profit organizations, and government offices.Now is an opportune time for managers to become more agile and shift their position from one of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, or controlling to one of being a curator, architect, conductor, humanist, advocate, and pioneer. To help the reader increase their self-awareness Agility provides a list of principles, questions, and exercises.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Abstract
- Contents
- Other Books by Edmondson
- What People Are Saying
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Definition of Agility
- Chapter 1 The Six Functions of an Agile Manager
- Chapter 2 The Agile Manager’s Self-Assessment
- Chapter 3 Curator
- Chapter 4 Architect
- Chapter 5 Conductor
- Chapter 6 Humanist
- Chapter 7 Advocate
- Chapter 8 Pioneer
- Conclusion
- Appendix I: The 6 Functions and 18 Principles of an Agile Manager
- Appendix II: The Agile Manager Self-Assessment
- Appendix III: Questions
- About the Author
- Index
- Backcover
Product information
- Title: Agility
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2020
- Publisher(s): Business Expert Press
- ISBN: 9781953349453
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