Twelve lively accounts are given, based on searching interviews, of very different kinds of managerial jobs. The jobs are compared and lessons are drawn for career guidance, selection and management development as well as how far managerial skills are transferable.

Preface - Introduction - Twelve Managers Talking - Three Service Managers - Selling Hospitality - Chain Store Management - Landlord of Paddington Station - A Mix of Senior Managers - Managing a Complex Project - A Hybrid Manager - Turn Round in the Car Industry - Managing Sales - Managing Money - An Actuarial Vision - Three Chief Executives - Multi-site Management in a PLC - Managing a Changed Public Service - Winning Friends and Influencing People - Comparing the Jobs: the Managers' Views - The Diversity of Management - Appendices - The Interview Schedule - Questions for Students - Index