Office hours
Subtitle: a guide to the managerial life
By: Walter Kiechel III.
Edition: 1st Perennial Library ed.
Publisher: Perennial Library
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780060972172
Subjects: Organizational behavior.; Organizational effectiveness.; Office politics.; Executive ability.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, c1988.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1 : LA Technique.; title: Beating the clock; title: Getting organized; title: Working with a liberated secretary; title: How to take part in a meeting; title: The big presentation; title: Memo punctilio; title: Getting creative; title: How to pick talent; title: The managerial mind probe; title: Picking your successor; title: Managing innovators; title: Managing expense accounts; title: Living with human resources; title: How to fire someone; title: How to manage your boss; title: The boss is coming to visit; title: Asking for a raise; title: Part 2 : Career chokepoints.; title: The neglected art of career planning; title: Just promoted; title: Passed over; title: When a manager stumbles; title: When the boss is in trouble; title: A new boss, from outside; title: The managerial midlife crisis; title: Starting over; title: Lifelong retirement planning; title: Part 3 : Larger issues.; title: Wanted : corporate leaders; title: Managing a downsized operation; title: Resurrecting corporate loyalty; title: No word from on high; title: Beyond sexist management; title: Bunch and crunch on the fast track; title: Part 4 : Curious customs of the natives.; title: Business gift-giving; title: Out to lunch; title: In praise of office gossip; title: In defense of the office party; title: Executives on retreat; title: The managerial dress code; title: Part 5 : In the life.; title: The happiest executives; title: Looking out for the executive alcoholic; title: The narcissistic executive; title: How executives think; title: The care and feeding of contacts; title: On the charity circuit; title: The importance of being visible; title: Is a new male manager emerging?; title: How to relate to nepotism; title: Getting aggressiveness right; title: Chairman of the bored; title: When executives crack; title: The guilt-edged executive; title: What to do with the children; title: What your vacation says about you; title: What your office says about you; title: Executives ought to be funnier