The review is devoted to the author’s interpretation of the content of the monograph «University managers: theory, practice and efficiency of personal work organization» of S. D. Reznik, I. S. Chemezov (2021). The key subjects of the book devoted to the theory and practice of effective organization of the activities of a modern university manager are revealed. The biographical context of the creation of the monograph and its position in a long-term research and publishing project on the problems of Russian higher education and university management are shown.