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SIMON & SCHUSTER General Managers by John P. Kotter
In this unprecedented study of Americas leading executives John Kotter shatters the popular management notion of the effective generalist manager who can step into any business or division and run it. Based on his firsthand observations of fifteen top GMs from nine major companies Kotter persuasively shows that the best manager is actually a specialist who has spent most of his or her career in one industry learning its intricacies and establishing cooperative working relationships. Acquiring the painstaking knowledge and large informal networks vital to being a successful manager takes years; outsiders no matter how talented or welltrained seldom can do as well this indepth profile reveals. Much more than a fascinating collective portrait of the daytoday activities of todays top executives The General Managers provides stimulating new insights into the nature of modern management and the tactics of its most accomplished practitioners.show more