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Management guide scoops Chartered Management Institute prize

Entrepreneur Richard Newton has scooped the top prize at the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Management Book of the Year awards.

Newton’s book, ‘The Management Book: How to Manage Your Team to Deliver Outstanding Results,’ was identified as a back-to-basics guide by a panel of business leaders including sir Anthony Cleaver, former chief executive of IBM.

He explained why Richard’s book stood out: “Last year the Oxford University Press chose the word ‘omnishambles’ – a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged – as their word of 2012; suggesting something has gone seriously wrong with the UK’s management skills.

“It is now 43 years since I first became a manager but I can still remember the anxiety of constantly encountering new situations. In this economic environment, managers need to be more skilled than ever before.

“We can no longer afford the luxury of learning on the job and Richard’s book provides the perfect guide for anyone, regardless of seniority or experience, to consider the essential people management skills required to become a successful leader.”

Authors Savita Kumra and Simonetta Manfredi; Fernando Trías de Bes and Philip Kotler; Jo Owen; and Max McKeown also picked up awards.

The event is run in association with the British Library and sponsored by Henley Business School.

Professor Cary Cooper of Lancaster University Management School and this year’s Chair of Judges, continued: “CMI’s recent ‘The Quality of Working Life 2012’ survey found that the predominant management styles last year were bureaucratic, authoritarian and reactive: all styles that have a negative impact on motivation, well-being and productivity levels.

“There are far too many recent examples that illustrate the ineffectiveness of this approach to management, and if we are to support the UK’s economic recovery, there is a real need for change.”

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