The One Minute Manager Meets The Monkey

“The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey” In the book, The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey, it shows how if you are overwhelmed with problems, you can control it. It stresses the key concepts of time management and shows you how to focus on the tasks that you need to focus on. The main point is to show how managers can start taking the load off of their own backs and start giving other workers responsibility. This is shown by how the manager starts to take on to many “Monkeys” on his own and can’t seem to find time for himself anymore. I feel that this is how many people are in today’s society and they just can’t seem to figure it out. In the beginning of the book we learn about a manager who is struggling to stay ahead in his career just like many managers today. He worked hard like he should be but he was starting to realize that no matter how much time and effort he put toward his job, he could never seem to get ahead. This is when he learns about monkey management. This showed him that if he stopped taking the work from people below him, they would learn to be better at managing their own “Monkeys” and it took a major load off of his back. The performance of his company increased dramatically because he had less to do and his employees were able to do what they are hired to do. Triumph of technique over purpose is a key point expressed in this reading. This talks about how someone can be doing more work but accomplishing less, all because they are not utilizing the resources given to them. Managers are so focused on the tasks that they need to complete; they forget to take care of the things that they should be doing as a manager. When a manager isn’t consistently worried about all the work he is supposed to accomplish it gives him the opportunity to plan and coordinate like he is supposed to. The monkey is something that they use to describe the tasks a person has on him, they describe these tasks to be like have a monkey on your