Book Review – The One Minute Manager By- Vaishu.A.R. /Civil I year

Book Review – The One Minute Manager

By

Vaishnavie .A.R

Book – The One Minute Manager

Author: Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson

Genre: Motivational/ Self help/ /Business

No. of pages: 112

Publisher: William morrow & co    Publication Year: 1982

Rating: 3.9/5 in good reads    94% Google users liked this book

The essence of,”The One Minute Manager” is based on the concept of: “People who feel good about themselves produce results.” I shall share some of my insights about the book; of course you can go ahead and read yourself for a firsthand experience.

            The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is truly an incredible book and a total must for any business owner who works with a team or with a group of people. The book is about a bright young man who was looking for an effective manager because he wanted to become one. He had been in small towns and in the capitals of powerful nations in search of an effective manager. Then he finally meets a manager who is both autocratic and democratic and the story begins.

‘if you’re going to take out a long term car loan, don’t buy a short term car” is one of my favorite line in the book.

This book has contributed as a motivational factor to  many well-known businesses and organizations around the world, including Apple, Chevron, AT&T, Wal-Mart, Holiday Inns, Hewlett-Packard, Pepsi-Cola, KFC, Harvard University, US Army, Navy & Air Force.  If this little book has contributed to the successes of all these amazing organizations, then something is up.  I wanted to find out what that is, so I decided to read the book.

The book is a story of a young Man who is seeking out the One Minute Manager to learn his secrets of being an effective manager.  As it turns out, his management style comes down to three solid principles:

1. One Minute Goal Setting 2. One Minute Praising 3. One Minute Reprimand   Sequels: This book was followed by a sequel, Leadership and the One Minute Manager, by Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi and Drea Zigarmi, which laid out Blanchard’s Situational Leadership II concept