Managing Your Self

"Managing Your Self" is a unique and ground breaking guide to increasing personal and professional effectiveness in a business context. Now available in paperback, the book shows students and managers how to contribute effectively and progressively to their organizations while enjoying more effective, dynamic and satisfying professional and personal lives. Better self-management increases managers' ability to: cope with stress; resolve conflict; manage change and manage to change; achieve sustainable peak performance; build effective teams; and, influence organizational cultures. In short, they will develop 'total quality'. Drawing on contemporary theories of management, neuroscience, psychology and eastern disciplines as well as Parikh's own practical experience as a highly successful executive, "Managing Your Self" is a valuable guide for students and managers on how to improve their business performance while reaching a higher level of physical, emotional and mental well-being.

Foreword. Prologue. Introduction. Part I: The Self: 1. Levels of Self. 2. Self and Learning. 3. Towards Self Mastery. 4. Stress Management and Self Development. Part II: Managing the Self: 5. Managing the Body. 6. Managing the Mind. 7. Managing Emotion. 8. Managing the Neurosensory System. 9. Managing Consciousness. Part III: Self Management in Society: 10. Self in Society. 11. Return on Investment on Your Self. 12. Management by Detached Involvement. 13. Doing Business in the New Paradigm. Appendix.

"Excellent not only for managers, but for anyone interested in how to achieve success without stress and with personal satisfaction." Reijiro Hattori, Chairman, Seiko Corporation. "The author's unique background and experience enable him to provide invaluable insights that combine Western 'know thyself' tradition with the Eastern 'become thyself'." Long Range Planning.

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