The One Minute Manager | 
 enlarge | Authors: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 583
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 111
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.7
ISBN: 0688014291
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780688014292
ASIN: 0688014291
Publication Date: September 1, 1982
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Product Description
For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees. The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits. That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.
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 Good book short read July 4, 2008
This is a great book to read, It makes you think about your management style. It does not take long to read an should make you a better manager at the same time. I highly recommend this to anyone who is a manager.
Three Powerful Secrets June 30, 2008
I just reread this great little primer on management and found it just as helpful as I did fifteen years ago. While its concepts are simple, they are also quite effective IF managers (including teachers, parents, and front-line supervisors) would implement them correctly. The three secrets of one-minute goal setting, one-minute praisings,and one-minute reprimands are based on sound behavioral principles and are bound to work as long as certain guidelines are met. For instance, goals should be realistic and specific, praisings should be sincere and immediate, and reprimands should end with a bit of encouragement. I love the idea of managers walking around trying to catch people doing things right. What a refreshing idea!
Read the book and apply the principles in your home, office, or factory. While the three guidelines won't solve every human relations problem, they offer sound, practical advice that will lay the foundation for effectiveness.
One Minute June 26, 2008
Great book but really doesn't go far enough. I wish there was more. I guess its on to the next version.
 Worth equal to toilet paper May 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
do you want a summary of this book?
Stupid kid: "Hey Mr. Manager, how about you teach me some managing stuff to manage people"
Manager:"you want me to teach you some managing stuff to manage people with"?
Stupid kid: "yeah i want you to teach me some managing stuff, to manage people with"
Manager: "allright, ill teach you some managing stuff to manage people with"
Stupid kid: "you mean to tell me you'd teach me some managing stuff to manage people with"?
Manager: "i dont like repeating stuff, ill show you some managing stuff to manage people with"
*repeat thought out the whole book
if you are in idiot and you think books like rich dad poor dad are good books, then prepare for a heart warming story
if not, dont waste your time like i did, this bs could have been written in a greeting card
Great read for new managers May 7, 2008
I bought this book for my husband and he found it very useful. He's already implementing these ideas at work with some very positive feedback. He gives this 4 out of 5 rather than 5 out 5 for it's slightly patronising prose.
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