Basic Management Skills for managers, supervisors and team leaders is powerful and guaranteed method to become an effective modern leader and it gives you all the tools to get started and to stay on top of the pile.

This ninth edition, retaining the contents and style of the earlier editions, discusses the basic skills of management and leadership. These basic skills are: reading, writing, learning, speaking, interviewing, training, deciding, problem-solving, managing conflict, and motivation. The author examines how these skills can be fully developed and mastered.

Whatever their industry of origin, all companies are facing the same challenge to a greater or lesser degree: globalization. It is becoming more and more evident that companies need to plan ahead and anticipate coming developments if they are to be successful in the future. Today, it is crucial to establish a solid competitive position in the global arena. There is no doubt that a corporate culture that is open to innovation and shaped by global thinking, plays a key role in this context. A culture in which representatives of different countries und cultures can come together, anticipating and understanding the cultural challenges, creates the foundation of any international business. A global view on intercultural management will be the key to successfully doing business in diverse cultural environments.

V. 52 includes the proceedings of the conference on the Farmington Plan, 1959.