A ground-breaking book on management which teaches simple, yet highly effective techniques to help in becoming an efficient manager, The One Minute Manager: Increase Productivity, Profits And Your Own Prosperity is a bestselling book by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson.Summary Of The BookThe brief narrative ofdemonstrates three simple, albeit pragmatic, techniques that can be used as very effective management tools, such as One Minute Goals, One Minute Reprimands and One Minute Praisings.One Minute Goals applies to meetings between an employer and an employee - the book stresses on the fact that meeting of this nature must be brief, to-the-point, and unambiguous, leaving no room for confusion-borne errors.One Minute Reprimands refers to the fact that all aberrations must be reprimanded effectively and immediately, followed by a reassurance that the rebuke was not personal, but was for the employees performance instead. The last secret technique is the One Minute Appraisal, which means praising an employee for any job well-executed, or any well-made decision, laying emphasis on the reason behind the praise.The One Minute Manager: Increase Productivity, Profits And Your Own ProsperityOver 13 million copies of this international bestseller have sold till date, and it has been translated into 37 languages, making it one of the most popular books in the field of management.About The AuthorsKenneth Hartley Blanchard, born in New Jersey in 1939, is an American author, specializing in the field and study of management.He has authored over thirty books, likeBlanchard procured a Bachelors degree in government and philosophy at Cornell University in 1961, a Masters degree in counseling and sociology from Colgate University in 1963, and a doctorate from Cornell University in 1967. He currently works in the capacity of a Chief Spiritual Officer for a management training and consulting company that him and his wife co-founded The Ken Blanchard Companies. He is also a trustee and visiting Professor at Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.Spencer Johnson, born in South Dakota in 1940, is an American author, consultant and motivational speaker.Johnson has writtenJohnson procured his Bachelors degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1963, and a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He has served as a Medical Director, a Consultant, a Research Physician and an Advisor for varied companies in the past, and is now the chairman of Spencer Johnson Partners. Spencer Johnsons books have been translated to over forty seven languages, and many of them have been international bestsellers.Specifications of The New One Minute Manager By Ken Blanchard