The 14 articles in this volume feature fresh ways of thinking about the appraisal process, managerial ethics, education, management by objectives, professionalism, and other aspects of executive development. Some of the specific topics covered in this collection include the special problems of being a middle-aged manager, new ways of thinking about the nature of effective leadership, lessons to be learned from Japanese management, the development of professionalism in business management, and the management of ideas.

Table of Contents :

* On being a middle-aged manager by Harry Levinson

* Power networks in the appraisal process by B. Frank White and Louis B. Barnes

* Assessment centers for spotting future managers by William C. Byham

* Skyhooks by O.A. Ohmann

* Crisis in conscience at Quasar by John J. Fendrock

* Readers react to Quassar Stellar case study by The editors

* Sequel to Quassar Stellar by John J. Fendrock

* What we can learn from Japanese management by Peter F. Drucker

* Situational theory of management by Robert J. Mockler

* Myth of the well-educated manager by J. Sterling Livingston

* Situational theory of management by Robert J. Mockler

* Myth of the well-educationed manager

* Performance appraisal : managers beware by Paul H. Thompson and Gene W. Dalton

* Management by whose objectives? by Harry Levinson

* Toward professionalism in business management by kenneth R. Andrews

* Relativism in organizations by George F.F. Lombard

* The management of ideas by Melvin Anshen