The book “Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic,” written by Leonard Berry, offers a clear outline from the beginning. It comes at an era when management around the world including governance needs reforms. The book is suitable to any institution and has gained significant usefulness in modern economy (Leonard, Berry and Kent 7). The cover page provides articulate information of the book to any type of organization. The author of this book is the best person to have written a book in humanities. This is because he is a Professor of humanities. Thus he combines both the attributes of leadership in business and health. The book is mainly a managerial skills book and it is written with such care that the readers will gain the ability to run institutions.
The book offers a method of sale where special promotions are offered to buyers. From its outline, it is clear that the book covers a wider scope of knowledge from sociopolitical to economic grounds. The author could have chosen the subject management lessons, for the fact that his biographical background reviews his participation in health issues as a philosopher in medicine and in humanities. Leonard however points out the need to seek an expert’s competence when legal issues arise. The author appears to have chosen the subject owing to his professionalism as a professor in medicine and humanities (Leonard, Berry and Kent 33). Special elements of the book such as coloring, diagrammatic expressions have been incorporated to bring out the picture more clearly. He acknowledges that this book is essential to governmental and non-governmental organizations in health care. He points out the relevance of the book to other non-health institutions. It is effective for the general public too.
In the case of Mayo clinic, the patients derive a lot of inspiring experiences from the book. In fact, the book is helpful to huge organization so that the managers can learn how well to manage the patients. The author has gone deep into mining information from many researchers. He clearly states what he sees of a well-managed institution. He explains management models of essence. This book states that careful models that had been ignored in the past have brought good results. Relying on the formal style used, the book is recommendable for many people who wish to learn more success in management skills. It presents a stepwise method in problem tackling. The book is mindful of future, this is clear in the way it predicts the future of leadership and dealing with it.
Leonard does not merely narrate to his audience; he clearly states and describes his arguments. The tables used help the reader to understand the ideas in the book more easily. An ideal summary was used to deliver points. The indexing is good, this improves on material accessibility. It is an ideal book and inspiring to the reader, and the lead (Leonard, Berry and Kent 7-99).
Work cited
Leonard , L, et al. Management lessons from Mayo clinic:Inside one of the worlds most admired service organizations. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008.