Listen to the masters

Author: Manager Magazine
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Manager is one of the most influential business management magazines in China. Its mission is to influence Chinese management practices by providing solutions to the problems and challenges faced by Chinese managers and senior executives. The target readers are senior and mid-level professional managers in enterprises. Manager has developed multiple brand products and columns, such as the Manager MVP Gold Award, the Top 50 Best Operational Performance, the Chinese MBA Business School Rankings, the Manager Pain Index Survey, the Manager Salary Survey, CEO Studies, Case Center, White and Black, Management in Practice, and the Rose Tribe. These columns are highly popular among readers. Starting from January 2005, Manager has formed a strategic partnership with Harvard Business School Press to publish and distribute Harvard Business Review in simplified Chinese globally, including topics such as Frontiers of Management, Negotiation, Strategy and Innovation, Supply Chain Management, and Balanced Scorecard.
The thing a manager needs to do is ask their subordinates: "What special assistance do the company and I need to support you? What actions by the company and me might hinder your work?" — Peter Drucker never shied away from his own shortcomings but never let them overwhelm him, and he also appropriately leveraged some of his weaknesses to highlight his stronger qualities. — Jack Welch In the 21st century, Chinese companies will face challenges in market internationalization, similar to those encountered by American companies in Europe and Asia—coming from a vast domestic market and entering overseas markets with numerous brands and distributors. — John Quelch
Soon, more companies will realize that they cannot compete through price or product-based strategies. Value-added strategies will encourage customers and suppliers to strengthen cooperation to create a win-win situation. — John Caslin
As a manager, you often face many specific and tricky problems. This book may serve as a helper to solve them! It’s hard to believe that a 90-year-old person can still maintain continuous attention and extremely calm, profound understanding of the ever-changing world. Peter Drucker’s insights are indeed sharp and penetrating. Drucker regarded management as "the basic organ and function of organizing society." Perhaps it is this very point that makes Drucker’s insights so acutely prophetic. In this book, the truths-like proverbs are everywhere, listen to the master with reverence.