Robert Heller (journalist)
Robert Heller (10 June 1932 – 28 August 2012) was a British management journalist, management consultant, author of a series of management books, and the founding editor of Management Today.
Biography[edit]
Born in London, Heller attended Christ's Hospital in the Sussex countryside, served in the Royal Army Service Corps, and then attended Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a double first in history.[1]
In 1955 Heller started to work for the Financial Times, where in 1958 he was made US correspondent. In 1963 he moved to become business editor of The Observer.[1]
In 1966 Heller was founding editor of Management Today, a monthly business magazine published by Haymarket Publishing, where he worked for two decades. Here he started a second career as a writer of business books.[1]
Publications[edit]
Heller wrote about 80 management books. A selection:
- 1972. The Naked Manager
- 1998. Essential Manager's Manual
- 1999. Achieving Excellence
- 2002. Manager's Handbook
References[edit]
- ^ a b c David Brewerton (2012) "Robert Heller obituary: Business journalist and author of a stream of books on management in which he explained the 'tricks of the trade'." in: The Guardian, Tuesday 18 September 2012
External links[edit]
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