Supervisor's Survival Kit: Your First Step Into Management

This is an ideal book to the person who wants to grab the basic principles of supervision. It is a good book to read before an examination. I am satisfied with the book because of the way the material is presented. Case studies are good and help to understand the basics of supervision.

Supervisor's Survival Kit: Your First Step Into Management is a very well written educational manual for current managers looking for a strategic edge and students currently involved in business related courses. I had to use this manual for an internship during my fall term of 2000 at Central Michigan University. The contains over 13 in depth chapters that classify as lite to moderate reading. The literature is well written by Mr. Elwood N. Chapman and Mr. Cliff Goodwin and is very capable of holding the readers interest and communicating the importance of proper management techniques in the workforce. The concepts contained in each chapter stress the importance of time management, communication skills, and the ability to train employees and solve problems under various conditions and constraints. At the end of each chapter are a series of essay questions that ask the reader to provide detailed management concepts and strategies through the material covered in the chapter. The questions are also well written and designed because they force the reader use ideas and concepts they develop for themselves after reading the material. I would recommend this book to students studying in the business field and anyone else that is looking to gain a positive and succesful edge in their current management position