导语

  

    "With humour and logic the authors describe the delicate business of assigning monkeys to the right masters and keeping them healthy... Can lead to effective delegation."
    --Publishers Weekly

内容提要

  

    This book, one of the most liberating in the extraordinary One Minute Manager library, teaches an unforgettable lesson: how to save time to do what you want and need to do. Step by step, the authors show how managers can free themselves from doing everyone else's job and ensure that every problem is handled by the proper person. By using the Four Rules of Monkey Management, managers will learn to become effective supervisors of time, energy and talent - especially their own.

The Problem  
First Management Position
Meeting with Boss
Meeting with the One Minute Manager
Fundamental Management Dilemma
Diagnosis--Self-Inflicted Problem  
Definition of a Monkey  
Who Owns the Monkey?  
Vicious Cycle  
The Solution  
The One Minute Manager's Awakening  
The Depth of the Problem  
Rescuing  
A Feeling of Optimism  
Retuming the Monkeys  
Having Time for My People  
Oncken's Rules of Monkey Management  
Rule 1  Descriptions  
Rule 2  Owners  
Rule 3  Insurance Policies  
Rule 4   Feeding and Checkups  
A Summary of Oncken's Four Rules of Monkey Management
Delegation
Coaching
Balancing Three Kinds of Organizational Time
Boss-Imposed Time
System-Imposed Time
Self-Imposed Time
Discretionary--The Most Vital Time
Starting with Subordinate-Imposed Time  
Planting Discretionary Time  
Managing Rather Than Doing  
The Ultimate Conversion
Praisings
About the Authors
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