The Corporate Gardener

Mr. Allman has written his book utilizing the power and simplicity of a good story designed to be veryinformative yet easy to read addressing the following issues:<p>CHANGING WORK DEMOGRAPHICS<br>As the experience of seasoned managers begins to disappear from corporate America the objective is to provide a useful tool to encourage in-depth exploration of management theories. Written with a market focus of first time managers this book could also be used as an excellent refresher for more experienced managers struggling with mentoring less experienced staff members.<p>ECONOMY<br>Predictions of our current economy indicate years of continued financial challenges. Corporations willfocus more and more on cost-cutting measures improvement and efficiency efforts reminiscent of the last similar economic cycle beginning in the early 1990's.<p>EFFECTIVE WORK TEAMS<br>Cooperation timely communication efficient processes and on-going skill development are keycomponents of successful organizations. The focus of corporations has become how to maximizeemployee contributions and minimize unnecessary constraints on productivity.