Do managers just plan‚ organize‚ coordinate‚ and control? The author of this article doesn’t believe so. After conducting studies of managers in the work place the author has come to some other conclusions‚ classifying the managers role into three main categories: 1.) Interpersonal Roles – a key to authority · Figurehead – ceremonial duties of someone with authority · Leader – motivate and encourage employees · Liason – making contacts outside the vertical chain of
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Qualities of a Good Manager Managing an organization is not an easy job. There are so many intricacies associated with operating an organization in a healthy manner. The person managing the organization‚ that is the manager‚ must have certain qualities. The manager should be competent enough in order to handle complexities arising during various functions of the organization. However‚ it is very difficult to identify a measure of manager being good or bad. “Sometimes it can be hard to quantify
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Financial Intermediation Introduction “In this chapter we introduce the process of financial intermediation. We consider its nature and explain why most lending/borrowing takes place through intermediaries rather than lenders lending directly to borrowers. In considering this issue we are also considering the fundamental reasons for the existence of banks. We identify the advantages that institutions such as banks have which enable them to undertake intermediation. However we also argue that traditional
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The Best & Worst Managers of the Year 1. Take a look at the most recent list of “The Best and Worst Managers of the Year” and pick one of the best managers and one of the worst manager. America’s Best Leaders: Anne Mulcahy‚ Xerox CEO Shortly after Anne Mulcahy took over the helm at Xerox in 2000‚ with the company facing possible bankruptcy‚ she had a blunt message for shareholders. "Xerox’s business model is unsustainable‚" she said. Expenses were too high‚ and the profit margins were simply too
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ESTATE MANAGER Lok Kim Sun is the Manager of one of Malestates (Sdn Bhd) large plantations in Malaysia. It is a very large estate of 28‚ 500 acres and employs 2500 estate and factory workers and managers. The crops grown are rubber (6‚ 500 acres)‚ oil palm (20‚ 000 acres) and cocoa (2‚ 000 acres). Mr. Lok is a very domineering individual. However‚ he is extremely afraid of making a mistake. His experiences as a junior planter‚ working up to Senior Assistant‚ and finally Estate Manager over
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to try to rent a house. She told the real estate agency that her family would be moving there in a few days because her husband was replacing Burns. When Burns heard this news‚ he refused to believe it. Two days later‚ on January 28‚ he received an express mail letter‚ postmarked the previous day‚ from the regional sales manager. The letter read: Dear Harold: Because of personnel vacancies we are requesting that you move to the Gunning district‚ effective February 1. Mr. George Dowd from
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2 Basic Skills for Project Managers Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great; some achieve greatness—others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Twelfth Night Introduction Before now‚ we had discussed project management in the broad sense‚ that is‚ from the perspective that any type of project—industrial assembly line‚ new construction‚ or technology implementation— operated by the same sets of rules and processes. For the remainder of this book‚ we focus on the last type
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Peter…she thought he was so handsome. He sat in the back next to where she was sitting. All of a sudden‚ the teacher said that there is going to be a project due in two days and Peter was assigned to be in Mary Jane’s group. “This is it”‚ she thought. She can finally talk to this mystery guy and get to know him a lot more. So‚ she asked what his name was and he said‚ “Peter”‚ she said her name was Mary Jane. Slowly but surely they started to hang out at school and outside of school together. She introduced
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This page intentionally left blank. Praise for Becoming a Successful Manager “The authors make an anatomical evaluation of the practical dos and don’ts to becoming an outstanding manager. They create a powerful‚ easy-to-read text that will benefit managers at all levels. For organizations seeking to create competitive advantage through people development‚ the tenets and practical suggestions put forward become a living process and mandatory reading.” Dorset Sutton Vice President/Managing Director
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Case Managers: A Guiding Light to a Better Tomorrow Ezra Taft Benson once said‚ “The history of humanity has‚ to a large extent‚ been one of groping blindly in the dark‚ fearing for the future and yet resisting the guiding hand of inspired men who would willingly lead mankind in the path of safety.” (www.brainyquote.com) What do Case Managers do? Case Managers help people who are in difficult situations and or cannot meet their needs. They do such things as give advice‚ figure out what kind of
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