Overview

Featured in THE NEW YORK TIMES article, ""3 Professors Shaping the Future of Business,"" Professor Alex Stajkovic brings his MBA class to life by teaching us how to be more effective managers and how to grow into transformational leaders. Based on decades of empirical research, he shows us how to put sound theory into practice to increase the motivation and performance of our people. Management and Leadership are taught in almost all MBA programs. Many schools require these topics in an opening class. Paraphrasing a renowned physicist, Robert Oppenheimer, physics would be really hard if particles could talk. In the study of Management and Leadership, we focus on people. People talk, talk back, and come with different preferences, attitudes, and personalities. Some work less, some work more. Some are more agreeable, some are less open-minded. Some are happy, and some are grumpy. Yet, managers and leaders need to motivate all employees. What power-holders do is often at odds with the best evidence. Learning how to motivate and lead is fundamental to an organization's success. Half-truths de jour are dangerous because they can be partly right. However, these myths are misleading often enough to get many organizations into serious trouble. This pocketbook is a straight-forward, easy-to-read reference guide to classic theories in work motivation. Making business choices based on fiery proclamations, flimsy data, and equivocal recommendations leads to questionable results. Evidence-based answers are needed. Tolstoy opens up his novel Anna Karenina with this unforgettable line: ""Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."" Organizations must assemble the right mix of ingredients to produce a recipe for success. Misery is more idiosyncratic, but few things in business bring a company down faster than a demotivated workforce antagonized by insolent leadership and ineffective management. In conversations with leaders, a common theme emerges. Many did not have an opportunity to study the psychology of leadership before they found themselves consumed by its demands. They recollect how it was only after their leadership tenure ended that they found time to study the subject that had filled their lives for decades. How do you motivate employees to reach their goals and go above and beyond? In this pocketbook, Professor Stajkovic and Sergent use research, stories, history, philosophy, and religion to answer these questions in a to-the-point style that readers and students have come to expect and appreciate. Whether you've taken Professor Stajkovic's class, watched one of his webinars, or read one of his many academic publications, this pocketbook is for anyone who wants evidence-based tips on becoming a more effective manager and inspirational leader.

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"""Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, ""Management and Leadership"" should be considered a 'must read' reference for all MBA students and graduates as they seek to establish themselvs in the corporate world."" - The Midwest Book Review ""The content you have provided is rich, easy to follow, and sparks even more ideas."" - UW- Madison MBA Student ""I found this to be a great resource that I can reference to help spark topics we discussed in class and ways to approach different work situations."" - UW- Madison MBA Student ""The book was a great summary of the concepts and the most useful takeaways of the semester."" - UW- Madison MBA Student ""I really enjoyed reading this, and will actually share with my fianc� so she can get some insight into what we have been learning, as she consistently asks but it is hard to find a summary as good as this."" - UW- Madison MBA Student"

The content you have provided is rich, easy to follow, and sparks even more ideas. I found this to be a great resource that I can reference to help spark topics we discussed in class and ways to approach different work situations. The book was a great summary of the concepts and the most useful takeaways of the semester. I really enjoyed reading this, and will actually share with my fianc so she can get some insight into what we have been learning, as she consistently asks but it is hard to find a summary as good as this.

Author Information

Alex is the M. Keith Weikel Distinguished Chair in Leadership at the Wisconsin of School Business. He was recently featured in the New York Times in the article, ""Three Professors Shaping the Future of Business. Alex conducts research on self-efficacy, confidence, primed goals, and incentive motivators. He teaches courses on leadership and organizational behavior. Alex has given over 100 professional talks and has consulted globally (Australia, Canada, China, Chile, Denmark, Germany, South Korea, Vietnam, South Africa, and U.S.) on the topic of Transformational Leadership, Goal-setting, Organizational Culture, and Self-efficacy in the Careers of Women. For more information, see his website at www.stajkovic.biz Kayla is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Edgewood College School of Business. Kayla conducts research on self-efficacy, confidence, and the interaction of conscious and subconscious goals on cognitive load and performance. She teaches Management and Professional Communications, Organizational Behavior, and Business Capstone at Edgewood College. In addition, she is an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Kayla has given professional talks on Transformational Leadership, Organizational Culture, and Prime and Prejudice. For more information, see her website at www.sergent.biz

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