This compilation of 14 articles reprinted from HBR examines a variety of problems related to managerial development. The problematic issues of performance appraisal, nepotism, accountability, and self-education are examined in depth. This volume also offers a case study with which executives can test their own problem-solving skills, discusses the special problems of the new executive, and explores constructive methods for dealing with executive dissappointment.



Table of Contents :

* Can you analyze this problem? by Perrin Stryker

* How to analyze that problem by Perrin Stryker

* Split roles in performance appraisal by H.H. Meyer, E. Kay, and J.R.P. French, Jr.

* Problems of a new executive by Edmund P. Learned

* Is nepotism so bad? by David W. Ewing

* Executive development - new perspective by Robert K. Stolz

* The ethnics of executive selection by Lewis B. ward

* Charter of accountability for executives by Phil N. Scheid

* Management of dissappointment by Abraham Zaleznik

* Clues for success in the president's job by Joseph C. Bailey

* The coming scramble for executive talent by Arch Patton

* Sales power through planned careers by Andrall E. Pearson

* Better management of manager's careers by Lawrence L. Ferguson

* Strategies for self-education by W.R. Dill, W.B.S. Crowston, and E.J. Elton.