Results Management: Effective People Management to Achieve Excellent Results

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 2, 2010 - Business & Economics - 200 pages
An exceptional book culminating from decades of practical experience. Real-world examples are peppered throughout the book to fully demonstrate the ideas and strategies that the author presents. Its interactive delivery makes the book highly readable and effective in helping managers achieve results through and with people. - Albert Cheng Yong Kim

Set within a company context and laced with real-day-to-day challenges faced by managers, the book contains many practical ideas for all those involved in managing people to achieve results. Teong Wan provides down-to-earth approaches to put in place a management system to raise motivation and productivity. A book that makes for easy reading for the busy executive - Koh Juan Kiat

It isn't often a business book comes along with both sage and practical advice about how managers can improve business results, but Ong Teong Wan's results Management does just that. From developing a results-management system to managing talented staff, the book is a superb, hands-on guide to managing and growing a business - Kevin McAuliffe

This book provides insights into one of the most pressing issues facing companies today...how to be more competitive by having a strong management system internally to enhance organizational capabilities so as to realize future success. - Anthony Chong

...down-to-earth invaluable practical advice on how to move from strategy to results management ...for all Business Leaders and People Managers wanting to give a new strategic focus to the business by improving people productivity. - Sanjiv Wijayasinghe

 

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About the author (2010)

Ong Teong Wan's 50-year professional career has progressed from educational institution, production floor, corporate office, professional institution to boardroom.

After studying Economics and Geography at the University of Singapore, he obtained a postgraduate Diploma in Education in Singapore and a specialist qualification in the Training of Teachers from the University of Oxford, UK. He is also a graduate of the IBEAR MBA program of the University of Southern California, USA.

Much of his professional life has been spent in customizing corporate training. He has trained managers in multinational companies, SMEs, local and international profit and non-profit organizations, government bodies and statutory boards to apply integrated management systems to the workplace.

In a long and varied career, he has served more than 10 years as senior master and teacher educator in the Singapore Ministry of Education and SEAMEO (Innotech), as Area Training Manager (Production) of National Semi-Conductor (SEA) and was Group Director (Human Resources) of the Union Carbide Group of Companies in Singapore from 1972 to 1984. He has been Consulting Partner at the Singapore Institute of Management since 1984 and sits as an Independent Director on listed companies in Singapore. He was a member of the Economic Development Board and National Productivity Board in Singapore and was accorded a Friend of Labor Award by the National Trades Union Congress for his contributions to the labor movement.

He has been designated Fellow of the Singapore Human Resource Institute for eminence in his field and is a Past President of the Singapore Training and Development Association.

Website: www.managementwisetraining.com
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