AIM Publications

This series has been conceived and edited by the Australian Institute of Management. With contributions from leading thinkers, academics and professionals from around Australia, each book explores contemporary management and leadership issues, and supplies today's managers with the topical information they need to stay ahead in the corporate game.

These books are all priced at $34.95 and are available from aimbooks.

Leadership

This is the second volume in the Management Today series published in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Management. It presents a range of topical subjects of concern and interest to managers at middle and upper management levels. The Heart and Soul of Leadership explores current concepts of leadership in the Australian context. The underlying premise of each case study is that leadership is intensely personal, encapsulating the desire to lead, to organise 'meaning' and to communicate this meaning to others in the modern organisation. Each chapter delivers a different contemporary perspective, coming together to create a cohesive and values-driven approach to leadership. The eight chapters come together to define the principles of leadership - to engage, to align, to focus - in a conversational and anecdotal style.

The Uncertain Art of Management is the third volume in the Australian Institute of Management Management Today book series. Far from being simply a primer for 'management misfits', it explores a wide range of practical and theoretical concerns that have confused, concerned and exasperated managers at all levels in modern Australian organisations. The book's approach is that there is no right or best way to manage, but there may be ways to do it better. Onsman tackles each issue from the perspective of the practising manager with the aim of providing guidance about modern management. Management fads are debunked, models put to the test, theories dissected and best practice explained, all in sufficient and practical detail to enable managers to make up their own minds.

In Understanding Influence, the Australian Institute of Management presents the thoughts of nine leadership commentators on how to be influential in today's workplace. Whether you're a seasoned manager or an aspiring leader, this book explains how to increase your personal influence so you can achieve your organisational and career goals.  Find out about: the most effective sources of power and influence in organisations how to become a persuasive and charismatic leader how to use positive spin and networks to increase personal influence why knowledge circulation is the key to influencing performance how to influence behaviour and change in your organisation how to be influential without resorting to Machiavellian tactics With easy-to-understand language, each self-contained chapter combines theory with real-life examples and commonsense guidance.  Includes practical take-aways for leaders and managers to use in the workplace.

In the revised and expanded second edition of this best selling business book, AIM presents the thoughts of leading Australian management thinkers and practitioners on how to create innovative organisations. From a management and leadership perspective, it examines How to transform an organisation into an innovative enterprise Which innovation strategies are right for your organisation  How to generate a constant stream of new ideas How to manage and harness the creative energies of employees What business leaders and managers need to know about the future  How all organisations can become entrepreneurial Each self-contained chapter combines theory, real-life application and practical guidance.