The 30 most common problems in management and how to solve them / William A. Delaney

Includes index.

1. Attitude Problems -- 2. Committees and Meetings -- 3. The Communication Problem -- 4. Criticism -- 5. Disagreements -- 6. The Disciplinary Interview -- 7. Dismissals -- 8. Doers -- 9. The End Run -- 10. Form versus Substance -- 11. Goals -- 12. Human Behavior in the Organization -- 13. Indecision -- 14. Interviews and Résumés -- 15. Layoffs -- 16. Logbooks -- 17. Loyalty -- 18. Mid-Career Crisis -- 19. Mistakes -- 20. Obedience -- 21. Office Romance -- 22 Personalities -- 23. The Peter Principle -- 24. Politics -- 25. Priorities -- 26. Relatives at Work -- 27. Resignations -- 28. Responsive People -- 29. Socializing at Work -- 30. Staff Positions.

Interest, curiosity, and speculation concerning the top executives in all organizations are common among em-ployees. Wherever we work, or whatever we do, we catch glimpses of these people as they pass by in the office or plant or drive by in their automobiles. We rarely get to meet them and almost never get to know them as people. What are they like? Are they super beings? How do they earn 00,000 or more a year? What do they do? Are they different from the average person in some strange way that caused them to rise to the top? Can they be categorized in some general way? Is each so unusual that there is no way to study or observe characteristics that may be common to others in like positions? Can we collect data from a sample of such people and possibly identify some behavior or personality patterns that can be used in some way in the never ending search for future leaders? What do these top people think about those who spend their entire careers working under their direction?