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The book, Managing without MBA, authored by Col D. S. Cheema (retd), has an added "booster-dose" provided by the fact that this ex-Army officer has also been associated with management education for past more than 25 years. Perhaps the combination of the vast experience that this former officer has had in battle-fatigues and pin-striped suits has prompted him to write the book. According to him: "Management is all pervasive, yet, management has its reach to a very limited number. This is probably due to two reasons. One, management theorists have made the management literature so complex that it keeps the common man away from the simple and straightforward approach which the management itself advocates. Second, the dearth of such books, which provide a common sense guide to management." Most of the chapters are one-paged. While a few chapters are explanatory in nature, others are advisory. But all of them are crisp and terse, sans frills. A few of these, like Time-management Principles and Watch Out for Sycophants, seem to be a leaf straight out from his former profession rather than the management class. Nearly 18 per cent of this 204-paged book is glossary of management terms, including the much-in-news P/E ratio, OSI and a few terms from new economy. The book may act as a
ready reckoner for managers. For management teachers, this may be a
useful supplement, while for the students, this may act like an umbrella
in Cherrapunji—multi-utilitarian and handy. |
The art of management,
like aesthetics and journalism, is usually inborn. A degree in that
discipline can, at best, hone the talent. For an Army officer, this rare
art comes in double dose—by virtue of being one of the OLQs
(officer-like quality) that forms his persona and the other as a
by-product of his career stint.