First, Break All the Rules

|BuS5450: Organizational behavior |

|First, Break All the Rules |

|By: Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman |

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|Summary of Marcus Buckingham and Curt Hoffman’s First, Break All the Rules. Summary includes: author’s main thesis, most important points, |

|how it relates to the Organizational Behavior field, importance today/future, contributions to the field, practical applications, academic |

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First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently was a synopsis of research conducted on over 80,000 managers from over 400 companies over the time period of 25 years. It consisted of many interviews with these managers about their experiences with their jobs and employees. It compares great managers to decent, mediocre and even poor managers and gives us an in-depth look into how they accomplish so much and why they do things differently. It was a very interesting book and it was very relatable since most of us have had managers either currently or in the past that we believe could learn a thing or two about becoming a great...