Instant Manager - (Instant Manager: Skills for Success) by Polly Bird (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Whether you are finding your way as a manager or you want to enhance the skills you already have, the Instant Manager series is exactly what you need! Written by leading experts, these books are inexpensive, concise but above all authoritative guides to the subject at hand. The portable format allows you to carry the book wherever you go and to fit learning and development into your busy work life. Based on the 10 most FAQs, each chapter ends with a quick tip that can be taken on board immediately. A tear out card covering the most salient points allows you to carry the expertise with you wherever you go. Time Management includes coverage of the following, specifically tailored to give you an understanding of how time management can help you at work: what time management is and why it is important in management, how to plan your time, how to deal with all the paper, phone calls and electronic communication that forms such a large part of the working day, how to delegate and how to save time at meetings. Backed by the authority of the Chartered Management Institute, this is an essential addition to the manager's library.

About the Author

Polly Bird is the author of "Dare to Be Different!," " Taking a Year Out: Making the Most of Your Gap Year," "Teach Yourself Business Plans," "Teach Yourself Performance Appraisals," "Teach Yourself Time Management," " "and "Time Management in a Week."