Passage 7 ● Look at the statements below and at the five short summaries on the opposite page about business books on leadership & management.
● Which book summary(A, B, C, D or E)does each statement 1-8 refer to?
● For each statement 1-8, mark one letter(A, B, C, D or E)on your Answer Sheet.
● You will need to use some of these letters more than once.
● There is an example at the beginning (0).
1. Real life experiences of the author and some others contribute to the formation of the points illustrated in this book.
2. After careful reading, readers may come to accept the author’s viewpoints on the subject discussed in this book.
3. This book mainly concerns the success story of a famous company.
4. This book appeals to human resources managers in that it offers them a positive way of managing people.
5. In this book, the author proposes a new system and introduces some ways of applying it in practice.
6. The author of this book illustrates that nowadays a new leader is often faced with great pressure.
7. This book covers leadership in many different areas.
8. Though the major points of this book are clear enough to be understood and applied, certain parts of it can be better written.
A
The New Boss
Taking over as the ‘new boss’ is never easy. Expectations run high, you have a limited time to make a good impression and the competitive pressure is severe. Peter Fischer identifies ‘seven building blocks of successful leadership transition’ to help you find your way. He devotes a chapter to each step, including lists of unexpected difficulties and easily-made mistakes, suggestions, questions and a summary. The last part of this book contains case studies that focus on different new boss’ situations. Fischer’s unembellished, straightforward style makes his concepts easy to understand and implement.
B
Discipline without Punishment
For CEOs, human-resource staff members and anyone who influences the development of an organization’s disciplinary system, this book is a must-read. Managers, supervisors and Small business owners also will benefit from Dick Grote’s guidance on implementing a non-punitive approach to improved performance. This book is highly appreciated for the thoughtfulness and detail of his suggested disciplinary system, as well as his advice on incorporating this system into your daily management practices.
C
The Game-Changer
This book is both intriguing and highly useful. Procter & Gamble CEO A. G. Lafley and business author Ram Charan draw examples from several large, successful organizations—GE, Honey-well, and Dupont—but their primary focus is Procter & Gamble (P &G). They explore how P&G changed from a staid giant to an organization driven by innovation—and radically expanded its sales and profits along the way. They are candid about P & G’s organizational methods and failed innovations, and they show how willing it has become to open up and connect.
D
The Leader on the Couch
When Manfred Kets de Varies uses many real life stories to show how you can use psychology to understand the workplace, his points are clear and seem immediately applicable. Admittedly, his discussion of the theories varies from instructive to somewhat obscure, and his classifications of personality and organizational types may seem arbitrary, but when he explains the processes involved in change, he is realistic and humane. Readers who exert some conscious patience will find the author’s core points about the role of the unconscious in the business world insightful and useful.
E
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Principles are laws that apply across different cultures, generations, and circumstances. John Maxwell, drawing lessons from his own experiences as well as those of other leaders, has discovered 21 principles for leadership. in each chapter of the book, ,Maxwell describe—each law as a tool that can help people succeed in business, church, sports, and personal endeavors. Anyone in any position, in any field, and in any culture, can learn and practice these laws to become a successful leader. The learning is made richer by real life illustrations that show how the laws are practiced or violated.
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