Please, I'd Rather Manage Myself

By Marsha Haigh Arend

ERMA BOMBECK MEETS THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER IN THIS GROUND BREAKING NEW BUSINESS BOOK! "Please, I'd Rather Manage Myself" proves business books don't have to be boring. With humor like Erma Bombeck's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974317608
• ISBN13: 9780974317601
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Rollaway Bay Pub Inc
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

This is a great book!

I really liked this book. I picked it up because I've been thinking about starting my own business. I've read other business books but the advice in this book was a lot easier to understand. The layout of the book made it easy to find information I was interested in. The short chapters - and funny stories - made the information easy to digest, Reading this book is like getting good advice from your best friend that you actually want to take.

Please, I'd rather manage myself

As a manger and business owner for over 20 years, I found Ms. Arend's book to be extremely informative and packed with useful, hands-on ideas. The book was written in an entertaining style, which kept my attention chapter through chapter. I have sent this book as a "must-read" to my connections at the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame. I look forward to reading more books from this author.

Solutions and Guidelines to Managerial Excellence

As a SCORE counselor, I have read many "how to" books on how to start and run a small business. "Please, I'd Rather Manage Myself" is unique as it provides cogent, concise examples of actual solutions of everyday managerial problems.The author, Marsha Arend, has used anecdotes to show how she successfully handled many problems. Her book "tells it like it is" in actual practice. She reports on both triumphs and failures, each illustrating the approaches that actually work. Having seen at first hand how helpful this book has been to people I have counseled, I heartily recommend it to every small business owner.

*****Brilliantly Written and Extremely Helpful*****

Definitely a page-turner, loaded with tons of humor and practical ideas. I could hardly put the book down. This book is very informative and helpful on a personal level as well as a business level. I highly recommend this book to everyone no matter their profession or status in a company.

A highly recommended, thoroughly engaging collection of tips

Please I'd Rather Manage Myself is a solid guide for entrepreneurs that blends business building tips with a dash of humor to emphasize its message. Written by a business owner and drawing heavily upon real-life cases, Please I'd Rather Manage Myself warns against such common pitfalls as the craving to do things oneself instead of directing them, frittering away excessive resources on "bonding" retreats with no human resources or clientele payoff, and failing to protect one's own employees from irate customers who cross the line to verbal abuse. A highly recommended, thoroughly engaging collection of tips & tricks for small business owners and managers everywhere.