TY - BOOK AU - Livingston,Sterling J. TI - Pygmalion in management T2 - Harvard business review classics SN - 9781422147863 : U1 - 658.314 PY - 2009/// CY - Massachusetts. PB - Harvard Business School Publishing KW - Self-fulfilling prophecies KW - Person's career KW - Ineffective management KW - Managerial and professional talent KW - Employee motivation KW - Communication in management KW - Labor productivity--Management KW - Psychological aspects KW - Personnel management N1 - "Originally published in Harvard business review in 1969"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references N2 - Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.Numerous studies show that people will rise, or fall, to the level where their superiors believe them capable. As a manager, it is up to you to have high expectations for your employees, and to communicate those expectations to them. In Pygmalion in Management, J. Sterling Livingston urges you to understand the power you have over your subordinates' success, and use it to benefit everyone involved ER -