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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall (16 Dec 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0273663224
ISBN-13: 978-0273663225
Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 1.2 cm

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Overworked managers know that management is about doing the best you can with what you’ve got, in the real world of organisations that are demanding more and more, for less and less.This book is for every manager who knows that if doing that was as easy as most books and trainers make out, they’d be doing it already.The books you’ve read all seem to have been written by people who don’t know what it’s like in the real world of work, and mistake you for a superhero instead of a real manager. You know you could work out a better way of doing things, but the trouble with being an overworked manager is that you just can’t seem to find the time.

But what if someone else had done it for you – read all the management books, developed an approach that works and put it all in one practical accessible source? And what if that someone wasn’t a management guru or consultant, but an overworked manager like you? Real Delegation blends the authors thinking framework with your experience, to help you be the best you can be.

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The sub-title says it all - it’s a book about getting people to do things for you and do them well. And for ‘things’ read not just delegated tasks but tasks that are already part of your team member’s job description or even tasks you’re managing yourself. Unlike other delegation books, because the process in this book doesn't depend on you exercising your managerial authority, it’s also excellent for getting things done by your peers in, say, a cross-functional project team that you’re leading.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Real Delegation - a book for Real Managers, 9 Jan 2003

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Having been an ordinary, overworked manager for years, I was attracted to this book initially by the clear layout and short paragraphs. It looked easy to read, with the shaded paragraphs emphasising the key learning points. After all, who has time to read management books? And as the blurb on the jacket says, if it was that easy. I’d be doing it already.

I embarked on the book over the weekend, and finding it indeed quite readable, I was half way through when I realised that to make the most of this book I needed to take it more slowly and reflect on the way in which the author’s experience struck a chord with my own – which it often did. Chapter Eight of the book points out the need for ‘learning reviews’ with your people, and each chapter gives you the opportunity to do your own learning review with the ‘In Short’ summary at the end. By doing this, I felt I got the most out of the book, and also gave myself the chance to try out some of the ideas.

The most important lesson I learned from this book was to delegate the management of the task, not just the task itself. I realised that people were waiting for me to manage the task for them, and this led to frustration all round. I had often been ‘doing it right, but getting it wrong’ [Chapter Nine].

This book does not provide easy solutions – I believe there are none – but it does provide a very accessible approach to improving your performance in the key management task of delegation. Definitely worth a go!

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