{"product_id":"9781609949235","title":"Simply Managing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Essence of \u003ci\u003eManaging\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book \u003ci\u003eManaging\u003c\/i\u003e, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essence of the book remains the same: what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. \u003ci\u003eSimply Managing \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the intense dynamics of this job as well as its inescapable conundrums, for example: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e• How is anyone supposed to think, let alone think ahead, in this frenetic job?\u003cbr\u003e • Are leaders really more important than managers?\u003cbr\u003e • Where has all the judgment gone?\u003cbr\u003e • Is email destroying management practice?\u003cbr\u003e • How can managers connect when their job disconnects them from what they are managing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you read only one book about managing, this should be it!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055176106224,"sku":"9781609949235","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609949235_p0.jpg?v=1763839700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609949235","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}