Pocket manager: The essentials of practical management from A to Z (Pocket management series)

This guide defines the essentials of practical management through concise essays on managements trends, the challenges of the 1990s, human resources, the bottom line: what does it mean?, and the key to the Japanese miracle. The book includes an A-Z of key terms and concepts on economics, finance and accounting, information technology, production, marketing and strategy as well as lists and appendices on vital facts and statistics, the biggest and best companies, work conditions, relative salaries and cost of living.

Tim Hindle is a former finance editor, world business editor and management editor of The Economist.