Without Managers by Ricardo Semler Harvard Business Review Reprint 89509 HBR SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1989 Managing Without Managers by Ricardo Semler I n Brazil‚ where paternalism and the family business fiefdom still flourish‚ I am president of a manufacturing company that treats its 800 employees like responsible adults. Most of them—including factory workers—set their own working hours. All have access to the company books. The vast majority vote on many important corporate
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Case KK’s Consulting Manager Jen Ko graduated from City University in 2005. After considering several job offers‚ she decided to go into business with her father‚ Jak Ko. KK’s Founder Jak Ko opened his first laundry store in 1995 and had expanded to six by 2005. The main business was drycleaning and pressing of clothes. Each store had its own on-site manager and about seven employees. Jen’s understanding with her father that as KK’s Consulting Manager‚ she would serve as a troubleshooter
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Supply and Demand Simulation Supply and Demand Simulation The simulation for the supply and demand included management decisions involving two- bedroom rental apartments owned by GoodLife Management firm located in Atlantis. The property manager team job consisted of adjusting monthly rental rate for maximizing revenue based on quantity supplied apartments in the economy. Each scenario presented different economics factors‚ variables‚ and issues that required management decision as analyzed
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Name : Logesh S Username: B0884CD1 Information Technology for Managers Assignment 1. Discuss the importance of Information as a resource. Answer: Information is a resource that should be managed like other resources (i.e. people‚ money‚ land and equipment). This implies applying resource management techniques‚ like planning‚ costing‚ budgeting and evaluating‚ to the information resources of the firm‚ and assigning the position for information resources management responsibilities to more
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The tyranny of toxic managers: Applying emotional intelligence to deal with difficult personalities Toxic managers are a fact of life. Some managers are toxic most of the time; most managers are toxic some of the time. Knowing how to deal with people who are rigid‚ aggressive‚ selfcentered or exhibit other types of dysfunctional behaviour can improve your own health and that of others in the workplace. This author describes the mechanisms for coping. By Roy Lubit Roy Lubit is a member of the Center
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MANAGER IS A CHANGE AGENT The label “change agent” is often accompanied by misunderstanding‚ cynicism and stereotyping. Managers‚ employees and HR professionals alike have questioned the value of this role in their organization. However‚ as organizations of all kinds face unrelenting changes in their environment‚ the need for individuals who are capable of turning strategy into reality has created a new legitimacy for the change agent role – which is often located within the Human Resource function
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Contents 1. Decision making .................................................................................................................................. 2 1.1. 1.2. Information systems.................................................................................................................... 2 1.3. 2. What is decision making? ........................................................................................................... 2 The process of decision making
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strategic plans and for making improvements within an organization. This is not true. Benchmarking is a process that allows organizations to improve upon existing ideas. In order to eliminate myths and misconceptions about benchmarking it is important to know exactly what benchmarking is‚ the different types of benchmarking‚ the criticisms of benchmarking‚ and the ethical practices concerning benchmarking. 2. WHAT IS BENCHMARKING? “Benchmarking is simply the process of measuring the performance
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THE INTERVIEW REPORT DESCRIPTION On October 20th‚ 2011 I had the opportunity to interview Mrs. Thuan Mccular in Texas Woman’s University‚ Denton Texas. Mrs. Thuan Mccular is the Information Technology Service Manager of Texas Woman’s University‚ Denton Texas. Her major duties and responsibilities are to ensure that‚ the university technical support service is very effective and more so‚ she manage employee’s relations matters and salary administration of her department. Mrs. Mccular
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the management work of the two managers that have been interviewed and at the same time‚ evaluate the ‘universality of the management’ concept by relating the similarities and differences in the managerial work. Basically‚ manager is the people who coordinates and overseas the work of other people so that the activities are completed in both efficient and effective ways to achieve organizational targets (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2009). The first manager interviewed in this task is Mr
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