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Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization (精装)
by Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles
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Productivity, Morale enhancement, Leadership, People |
| Market price: ¥ 228.00
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¥ 178.00
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MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
While Raving Fans focuses on ways to turn on customers, Gung Ho assists managers with concepts to turn on their employees to seek higher productivity. |
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Stephen R. Covey (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-20 00:00>
Gung Ho! shows in three easy steps how to release the energy and enthusiasm of your whole team and focus it on success. |
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Harvey Mackay (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-20 00:00>
I think Gung Ho! will become the preeminent book in energizing and empowering people... |
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Winnie Lau (MSL quote), Hong Kong
<2007-01-20 00:00>
Gung Ho! is a book related to management. Although the concepts in the book are simple, it is important to everyone, especially those are in the management field. The three underlying principles are The Spirit of the Squirrel, The Way of the Beaver and The Gift of the Goose. They are parables of the importance of making employees understand their roles, the conflict between directing the tasks to employees and empowerment by management, and the importance of appreciation to employees respectively.
In my view of point, I think Gung Ho! is a revolutionary technique to boost enthusiasm and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. The principles are the tips to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. For example, employees will be loyal to the company if they gain job satisfaction from their worthwhile work. Positive reinforcements such as appreciation (i.e. say "Well Done!" when those have good performance) and empowerment can motivate employees to improve and have a better performance.
To conclude, Gung Ho! is easy to read but useful for everyone. The writers convey the important management strategies to the readers by using simple story and parables. I think it is a good time for the company, the management team and the employees to refresh and understand their roles so that they can have a good relationship which can benefit as a whole.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-20 00:00>
The book is good. Great for anyone interested in business, economics and/or management. I had to read it for an economics class. Thanks to its simplicity and clear message I was able to get through the book in no time flat.
There are already reviews here which outline the messages conveyed within and I don't intend to. The main character Peggy is put in charge of a plant and has to figure out ways to bring back revenue as well as employee confidence. In the end she is able to alter the way in which her factory workers or "team members", as the book reinforces, do their work and more importantly their effeciency and happiness. She did so with a system which is more human and less sterile than those of the old business practices. To sum up the system gave greater respect and knowledge to the employees concerning their purpose, goals and attainable aspirations.
Well let my tell you something I've been a "team member" of a large entertainment company. I was a drone though they made me feel like I was vital to the place. They babbled on about values and goals, well you know what I was still parking goddamn cars. However through knowing exactly my purpose, and the possible effects I could have on the company and therefore myself I was motivated. This system which Peggy invented is very worthwhile and should be applied to modern day business practice. Let me tell you something though, I would never go back to that job. I will never work a routine job like that again. It takes no brain power and drains all your energy for measley wages. I'd rather sit homeless on the streets then be sucked into thinking I was working for the greater good in exchange for minimum wage. Only you can decide what a greater good is and for me it's not working in a parking lot or working in a factory. Honestly I don't believe these jobs are suitable for semi-intelligent human beings and that's my biggest outrage over the message.
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B. Shenoy (MSL quote), India
<2007-01-21 00:00>
Simple stories with powerful messages help us guide our way through the tough patches in life. This book is the narration of such simple stories in natural settings involving squirrels, beavers and geese. It is amazing that we, the most intelligent creatures on earth have so much to learn from such simple creatures.
The book also goes beyond drawing inferences from the moral of the stories. There is also a perfect setting to put them in action - Walton Works # 2, about to be closed down due to low productivity and accumulating losses. This would not be what a thousand and five hundred families who depend on this facility for a living be looking for.
Peggy Sinclair, is brought in from head office as the new General Manager to set things right or probably to preside over the liquidation of Walton Works # 2. Her first impression is that head office was right in its assessment to close down the plant and it is unfortunate that she would be at its helm when it would actually happen. She is assisted by a group of eighteen Divisional Managers whose lack of managerial capability is evident from day one and one of them gets promptly fired. She sees no hope to revive the morale and productivity of a bunch of lethargic and de-motivated team. Then comes our hero from the finishing department - Andy Longclaw. The motor bike riding Indian, who has the most productive department with an excellent team bubbling with enthusiasm - Gung-ho. Peggy and Andy meet each other by accident and the rest of the book is about their joint efforts to Gung-ho Walton Works #2.
A simple and powerful message for managers at all levels, I read this book whenever I feel a little low. Thanks Andy for handing down the wisdom of your Grandpa. Thanks Peggy for putting it in action and telling us this wonderful story. Gung-ho friends.
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Khaled Anani (MSL quote), Egypt
<2007-01-21 00:00>
Gung Ho! tells the story of how a new manager of an under-performing factory, Walton Works #2, was able to turn it around into one of the best-performing plants within her organization, that being her threshold to her career success. The story explains in a very simple and clear manner the three main attributes of a well-motivated organization, their importance and their siginifcance within that organization.
The book is brief and yet explains its main ideas in sufficient detail, and they seem very logical too. This book falls short of being five stars only because it says very little or nothing on how to actually implement the recommendations in the book, and what to emphasize and what to avoid. The book is mainly the experience of one group of people, so you may need to take a different approach to implementing the same ideas. Overall, however, this is definitely a very good book on organizational motivation.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-21 00:00>
Excellent book that was an easy and quick read. The ideas behind Gung Ho! are as old as time, as they say. However, together the three basic principles the book espouses can be implemented at home or at work. The one point that really hit home for me is how much praise plays into the equation for success and successful organizations. Most American companies are better at finding ways to criticize employees' performance vs. looking at ways to acknowledge their accomplishments and actions. I think business assumes that people are self-motivating and that praise is a corny approach to managing human capital. I for one do not subscribe to that mindset. If you are in management, or hope one day to join the management ranks, this book supplies the management 101 guide you need.
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Merline Hatfield (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-21 00:00>
Gung Ho! is one of the best management books that I have read. Anyone that supervises others should read this book and practice using the techniques on a daily basis. The co-authors, Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles tell a story that is basically common sense and easy to understand. The principles could be used in your personal life as well as your professional life. In the prologue, Peggy Sinclair was faced with the task of telling the Gung Ho story, a promise she made to her friend Andy Longclaw, before he passed away. As she was walking away from the hospital, Peggy was wondering how she was going to keep her promise. After hearing a conversation that two men were having, something one man said to the other came through loud and clear. "The Buddhists say when the student is ready the teacher would appear." Gung Ho! is a tale of a new general manager challenged with turning a failing business at Walton Works #2 into a success. Old man Morris thought for sure he would use Peggy Sinclair for a scapegoat. After figuring this out, she was out to prove him wrong. This book teaches management personnel how to motivate and improve performance of those they direct. The three simple techniques, "The Spirit of the Squirrel," "The Way of the Beaver" and "The Gift of the Goose" stand for worthwhile work, in control of achieving a goal, and cheer each other on respectively, are excellent tools to motivate others, though a lot of people do not utilize these tools or feel that a word of praise is necessary. I have presented my manager with these same ideas, before I ever read this book; only to be told "They get a paycheck, don't they? That should be all they need." I tried to reason with him and make him understand that a simple "Thank you" or "Good job" would go a long way in a positive direction. This will create good morale from the associates and they would be more apt to "buy into" the company goals. This is the same manager that gave me the Gung Ho! book to read. For me, the book was a refresher course in my style of management. As for my manager, I don't think he read the book, if he has, he evidently doesn't understand it. People want to be treated with respect. They want clearly defined and attainable goals to achieve. Recognition needs to be given to let others know that you appreciate their efforts. Others, myself included, will perform at maximum efficiency when someone else, especially their superiors, displays gratitude and appreciation. Any praise must be sincere, truly mean what you say; others can tell if you are being phony. What you say, and how you say it, could have a positive or a negative impact on your goals. The term Gung Ho is Chinese for "working together." Gung Ho, friend!
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Martin Belles (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-21 00:00>
Authors Blanchard and Bowles have written a plesantly readable account of some ideas that managers can use to motivate their employees. Rather than giving a detailed how-to plan for implementing a workplace motivation program, Gung Ho! Is more of an outline that presents a possible approach to increasing the enthusiasm, cohesiveness, and productivity of the personnel in an organization. The dialog between the main characters in the book explores some of the underlying psychological factors connecting people's emotions and how they view and perform their work. Additionally, the authors show how this motivational approach fits into the larger picture of moving an organization toward increased productivity, higher profits, and greater value to the community. An obvious crucial element to the success of any such motivational program is the total commitment of top management, and this requirement is emphasized throughout the book. Another important aspect to the scenario in Gung Ho! is the immanent shutdown of the manufacturing plant the main characters are involved in. I wonder if the solution they describe would be as readily accepted without such a clear and present threat to survival. Businesses continually face challenges to their survival, but many times the threats are subtle and not so easily harnessed for firing up the workforce. Overall, Gung Ho! Is an entertaining, touching, informative, and valuable read. The company I work for is using it as the basis for a management training class on motivating workers.
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Jeff Jones (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-21 00:00>
Gung Ho! does an exellent job of boiling down how people make organizations successful. Get your people involved by explaining the necessity of their job and let them decide whether to stay or go. Then hold them accountable for doing their job and you have happy people who understand the value of what they do and they will do it well. Gung Ho! uses simple ideas to help achieve great success. All businesses are pretty much the same and really pretty simple to make successful. Unfortunately, we often end up complicating the job instead of making it simple... and fun... and enjoyable and we fail. Gung Ho! is all about doing what common sense dictates in getting employees involved in the concern for success of an organization. Every business leader and manager should be required to keep a copy of Gung Ho on their desk or close to it.
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