The Strategic Middle Manager: How to Create and Sustain Competitive Advantage

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An exceptional job of refocusing the middle manager's role-a mustread for practitioners and educators alike. —Jack Viega, editor, The Academy of Management Executives In their ques t to become leaner, flatter, and reengineered,organizations have systematically cut out the very positions thatonce made them successful-mid-level managers. In The StrategicMiddle Manager,management experts Steven Floyd and Bill Wooldridgedraw on a decade of research involving over 250 middle managers todemonstrate that the success of future organizations restsdecisively on strong middle management. The authors present the tools managers need to: * Redefine their roles * Increase their strategic value * Secure their futures * Identify the top performers in the ranks...and much more! Far from lacking perspective, middle managers have a unique,pivotal perspective that places them at the forefront oforganizational change. They can play the role of champion,synthesizer, facilitator, and implementer—and this book gives theadvice needed to energize management. A must-read for trainingprofessionals, managers, and top executives, Floyd and Wooldridge'swork will radically redesign—and drastically improve—yourorganization's effectiveness. Show more