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The Art of Asking: Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers
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The Art of Asking: Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers

by Terry J. Fadem
December 2008
Beginner
224 pages
4h 48m
English
Pearson
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Chapter . Introduction: Questioning Is the Skill of Management

Is There a Basic Set of Management Questions?

Yes.

All managers can use a basic set of questions, at any level in any organization, in any situation, anywhere in the world, and in any language. These questions are tools that should be issued to each manager when he or she joins the profession. Most professionals have a basic set of implements to use in their craft. Carpenters have hammers, dentists have picks, and physicians have stethoscopes. It is hard to envision any of these people working in their chosen fields without their basic set of tools. Managers, too, have a basic set of tools: questions. And nothing is as simple, or as complex, for a manager, or for any person in any position ...

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