General Managers

In this unprecedented study of America's 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 first-hand 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 well-trained seldom can do as well, this in-depth profile reveals. Much more than a fascinating collective portrait of the day-to-day activities of today's top executives, The General Managers provides stimulating new insights into the nature of modern management and the tactics of its most accomplished practitioners.

Author: John P. Kotter
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 05/26/1986
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.82w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9780029182307
ISBN10: 0029182301
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Motivational
- Business & Economics | Management | General
- Business & Economics | Leadership

About the Author
John P. Kotter is Chairman of the Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Area at the Harvard Business School. The winner of two McKinsey Awards from the Harvard Business Review, he is the author of six books, including Power and Influence (also published by The Free Press)