Interpersonal Communication for Technically Trained Managers: A Guide to Skills and Techniques - Hardcover

Dale E. Jackson

 
9780899301358: Interpersonal Communication for Technically Trained Managers: A Guide to Skills and Techniques

Synopsis

Many professionals have a great store of technical knowledge and an impressive professional vocabulary, but lack the essential interpersonal commnunications skills necessary for effective management. This book solves the problem technically trained managers face by providing a clear, practical set of principles and methods that will enable them to work effectively and successfully with subordinates, peers, and superiors. Author Dale Jackson, himself a technically trained chemist, draws upon his own experience and the experiences of other professionals who have been thrust into management situations to offer practical, workable techniques that will be useful to anyone attempting the often difficult transition from the world of a technical profession to that of people within organizations.

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About the Author

DALE E. JACKSON is Director of the Engineering Management Graduate Program, School of Engineering, University of Kansas.

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