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Instant Manager: Overcoming Information Overload
Tina Konstant and Morris Taylor

Paperback
RRP: £8.99
ISBN: 9780340959022

Published: 28/03/2008
Extent: 224 pages
Series: CIM

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Summary:
Whether you are finding your way as a manager or you want to enhance the skills you already have, the Instant Manager series is exactly what you need! Written by leading experts, they are inexpensive, concise but above all authoritative guides to the subject at hand. The portable format allows you to carry the book wherever you go and to fit learning and development into your busy work life. Based on the 10 most FAQs, each chapter ends with a quick tip that can be taken on board immediately. A tear out card covering the most salient points allows you to carry the expertise with you wherever you go. Information is unlimited but our ability to manage it is not. But where overload can come from any number of sources and affects every individual differently, the root cause of information overload is the same for everyone: the shift in perception from being in control to chaos. This book is for anyone who feels helpless and frustrated as a result of information overload. It is also essential reading for anyone who has more work than time, is reluctant to speed-read in case vital information is missed or regularly deals with difficult, dull or technical information. Each chapter will include top tips for immediate results, answers to key questions on how to get out of overload (and avoid it happening again) and strategies that work. Backed by the authority of the Chartered Management Institute, this is an essential addition to the manager's library.

  • Based on the most frequently asked questions, this book gives an effective and inspiring view of the subject in hand
  • Supported and endorsed by the highly respected Chartered Management Institute
  • Written by an established expert and writer in the field
  • Written in easy to read chunks to allow you to fit in learning with your busy worklife
  • Portable and affordable format

Table of Contents:
1. What is Information Overload and how do I know if I have it?
2. How can I cope with the stress caused by overload?
3. How can I avoid overload at work?
4. How can I avoid overload at home?
5. How to manage written information?
6. How do I deal with verbal overload?
7. How can I avoid overloading other people?
8. How can I remember what I need to remember?
9. How can I expand my knowledge of the world without feeling overwhelmed by it?
10. I want to live my life – not simply survive day to day. How?
Further references
Index

About the Author(s):
Tina Konstant is an expert in speed reading and information overload. She is also an experienced author and in addition has produced cable tv programmes on effective learning and thinking. Morris Taylor is a management consultant.

Readership:
Managers of all kinds but particularly the manager who has not fixed on a management career but has arrived in management by progression. Anyone interested in bringing their life under control in an i

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