Based on a two year comparative study by British and German research teams, the book challenges the universal view of management presented in so many management books, by showing how differently German middle managers think and act.
PART 1: BACKGROUND TO THE RESEARCH - Framing the Research Question - Designing the Study - PART 2: THE FINDINGS - Different Roads to Managerial Competence - Demands, Constraints and Choices of Middle Managers' Jobs - What Middle Managers Do - PART 3: EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCES - Management and Organisational Structure - Management and Institutions - Management and Value Systems - PART 4: LESSONS - Lessons - Appendices