A few days ago, the name of this book is "When a Baseball Girl Meets Drucker 1". It is no exaggeration to say that after reading it, I added this book to the recommendation list. Why do you say so? Next, I will listen to me blow this book to you.
Before we start talking about this book, we have to figure out one thing first. In your mind, what is the purpose of managing this subject? Is this subject useful to you?
According to the definition of the encyclopedia, management refers to the activity process in which managers in a certain organization coordinate the activities of others through the implementation of functions such as planning, organization, leadership, coordination, and control, so that others can achieve their established goals together with themselves. It is the most common and important activity among various human organizational activities.
From this definition, we can see that the role of management is reflected in controlling others' aspects. After all, if you want to complete a job, you must be inseparable from the coordination of many people.
So most people's concept of management is at the level of "heart-working". As a grassroots employee of the company, management seems useless.
But management is not limited to the literal meaning, and management is not only used by middle and senior management of the company.
Peter Drucker is known as the father of modern management. His greatest contribution to this discipline is to propose the concept of target management. Perhaps the biggest advantage of
target management is that it allows a manager to control his own achievements. Self-control means stronger motivation: a desire to do the best rather than perfunctory. It means higher goals for achievement and broader horizons. One of the main contributions of goal management is that it allows us to replace management dominated by others with self-control.
is simply to let us achieve our goals to the greatest extent, which makes management one of the basic skills that everyone must master.
However, Peter Drucker has a large number of academic achievements, and most of these levels are difficult to read, so it is not easy to finish them all. Besides, we ordinary people do not need to fully master all of their management concepts and skills. In this case, we need a simple and easy-to-understand book to get started. The reason
is also the reason why I recommend this book.
The author of this book is Japanese light novelist Iwasaki Natsuhiro. This identity allows him to explain the profound content of management to us in light and humorous language. The most important thing is that this is a novel, and it is the type of novel that most likes to read, which is turning the trend against the wind and turning back. When reading it, you can not only relax, but also learn management knowledge.
can be said to kill two birds with one stone. What does this book
mainly tell about
The story of this book takes place among a group of Japanese high school students, and the protagonist of the story is Kawashima Nan. Her high school is a school with a very high level of teaching, with an undergraduate admission rate of almost 100%. Among the graduates every year, there will be several more students who will be admitted to the best university in Japan, the University of Tokyo.
Unlike us, there are many clubs in high schools in Japan. Whether it is a teacher or a student, the enthusiasm for joining the club is very high. However, it is such a school with a very good teaching level, but the level of the baseball team is very poor.
Many people do not understand the importance of baseball to the Japanese.
Baseball was introduced to Japan by Americans in 1873 and soon became popular in Japan. In Japan, a large number of film, TV series and animation works about baseball are released every year. The Japanese professional baseball league is full of events, attracting nearly 850,000 spectators to watch the game every year.
In 2015, the ticket revenue for the high school baseball championship alone reached more than 27 million yuan.
In the streets and alleys of Japan, you can often see children practicing baseball. Baseball is regarded as the second largest national skill besides sumo wrestling, which shows how Japanese people love baseball.
Based on this love for baseball, the poor baseball level of the protagonist Kawashima Nan’s high school is unacceptable to anyone in the school.
Another reason why Kawashima Nan joined the school baseball team is that his close friend Miyata Shiki was seriously ill and could not continue to serve as the school team manager. After she became the team manager, she told the players directly that her goal was to enter Jiaziyuan .
Seeing this, I think you have understood the basic plot of this book. A girl who has no experience in managing a baseball team, a friend who is seriously ill, and a baseball team without fighting spirit.
It is a fantasy to lead these people into the irreplaceable Jiaziyuan arena in the hearts of Japanese baseball teenagers. As mentioned earlier, this book belongs to the type of counterattack story, so after hard work, they successfully entered Jiaziyuan.
If you like this kind of story, don’t miss this book.
The story is not enough, why is it suitable for the introduction to management
Since this book can be used as a recommended book for introduction to management, in addition to the exciting story, you must also explain the relevant content clearly and thoroughly.
After becoming the team manager, the protagonist Kawashima Nan knew nothing about the daily work of the baseball team or the management content. So she bought a classic Drucker book, Management, and used the knowledge she learned from this book to manage the team.
I wonder what all readers feel when you see this? This learning process in Kawashima Nan reminds me of the painful experience of studying operations and research when I was in school. At that time, I could only learn a lesson through the teacher's explanation. If there were any problems, I could only think about it myself.
However, the author of this book, Iwasaki Natsuki, explains to readers what management science and its basic concepts through storytelling. When I was reading it, I was thinking that if I could meet a teacher like to tell knowledge to students in the form of storytelling, I would definitely not be afraid of the textbook.
For example, when explaining the concept of "definition of organization", Iwasaki Natsuki explained through the dialogue between the protagonist Konan and his good friend Miyata Yuki.
In all organizations, if you want to achieve common ideals, common understanding, and consistent direction of efforts, you must clearly specify "what is our company" and "what should it be.
This is Peter Drucker's explanation of the concept of "Definition of Organization" in "Management". Kawashima Nan did not understand this concept very well when he read this. Especially he didn't know how to quote this concept to the team's daily management.
So she found her good friend, Miyata Yuki, but her good friend Yuki could not explain this concept in words. Kawashima Nan had to change a question and asked her friends why she chose to join the team.
In addition to her own friends, Kawashima Nan also asked other people in the team. In the end, the conclusion she came to was moved.
through her own efforts, which made the players moved. Become a history of creating leagues The coach can move the team coach. Seeing your children enter the top national league can move the school teachers and parents.
This has found a clear ideal and direction for the baseball team.
As readers, when we read this book, we gradually understood Drucker's management concept through the development of the storyline. In addition to understanding the concept, it can also be used to guide our real life. For example, we work hard not just to make money, but to work In the process, we gain a sense of accomplishment.
The process of explaining knowledge is much more vivid than the teacher in class. In addition to understanding the concept of "definition of organization", we can also master more relevant knowledge of management through this book.
Why ordinary people need to understand some common sense of management
We have already said at the beginning that management science is not something that can only be used by management.
Another famous Japanese mystery novel writer Seiichiro Oyama once said, saying: " people are a creature that cannot tolerate meaninglessness. If you realize that your behavior is meaningless, you will try your best to give it meaning, or have questions about its meaningless behavior. "
The biggest function of learning management is to allow us to understand the complete process of production-sales. The significance of understanding this process is to help us find the final direction.
Just like the team changed dramatically after the protagonist Kawashima Nan was looking for "the meaning of the team". A clear goal can give us continuous motivation and have the confidence to overcome all kinds of difficulties encountered along the way.
On the other hand, a person who understands the complete business process will naturally be able to discover the problems that arise in the process. After finding the problem, you can also find specific solutions. The biggest gains they gain in their work are from their sense of accomplishment and self-confidence after success.
And for those who do not understand the meaning of work, work is just a means to support their families. They will not have the motivation to solve problems, and after losing this motivation, their life achievement will not be very high.
This is the greatest value of management for ordinary people.
The great writer Tolstoy once said, "We need to have life goals, life goals, a period of goals, a stage of goals, a year's goals, a month's goals, a week's goals, a day's goals, an hour's goals, and a minute's goals."
Only with goals can we have a direction to move forward. Learning more management knowledge can help us improve our problem-solving efficiency and achieve our goals as soon as possible.
There are currently two books on "When a Baseball Girl Meets Drucker", and I read the first one. At the end of this book, the school team where Kawashima Nan has successfully entered the Jiaziyuan and achieved its original goal.
When you are reading this book, in addition to learning knowledge, you can also be moved by perseverance and turn the tables against the wind. So, I think this book is worth reading.
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