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Management by Democracy

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USA Today has an interesting interview about Management by Democracy:

CEO Vineet Nayar, 45, … believes that in the future, democratic companies will outperform the command-and-control dictatorships that have persisted since the industrial revolution.

Do you think that changing leadership accountability to employees is the way to go? It seems to me that in politics (see Russia to name just one example) the trend is to lessen the peoples control while adding more power to the leader.

Looking at the definition of Management by Objectives—how is Management by Democracy any different?

Just a new name for an old horse?

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Frank Kanu on Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 @ 11:53
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Are You an Evil Overlord?

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We all know how much emphasis is put on personality types—especially the Myers-Briggs Personality Type.

But here is the real deal: Myers-Brigg Personality Type

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Frank Kanu on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 @ 18:30
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Intellectual Capacities

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The intellectual capacities of the agrarian economist are directly reciprocally to the size of their starchy tubers.

Management by Questions

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Ask questions instead of giving answers/orders

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Frank Kanu on Saturday, April 21st, 2007 @ 06:28
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Which Management Style Do You Prefer?

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Of course this might very well change with the situation or the work you are doing, but in general

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Frank Kanu on Friday, April 20th, 2007 @ 07:30
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Management by Example

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Showing/living what is expected

The 7-S-Model

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The “7-S-Model” was developed by Tom Peter and Robert H. Waterman Jr. in the 1970’s.

To find out the success for enterprises they examined numerous large-scale enterprises. Their thought was that success and/or failure of a business are mainly determined by the employees.

Tom Peter and Robert H. Waterman Jr. developed a framework of seven characteristics:

Strategy—understand how the enterprise reacts to external changes.
Structure—how is the enterprise organized.
System—informal and formal business processes which have large influence on the efficiency of the organization.
Style/Culture—corporate culture and leadership style.
Staff—all aspects of personnel management.
Skills—the core authority of an organizational unit.
Shared Values—the common values that hold everything else together.

“In Search of Excellence” made the 7-S-Model known worldwide; especially the distinction between hard factors (Strategy, Structure and System) and soft factors (Style, Staff, Skills, Shared Values).

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Frank Kanu on Monday, November 20th, 2006 @ 10:47
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Management by Wandering Around

© Copyright Frank D. Kanu 2000-2008

Tom Peters coined the phrase “Management by Wandering Around” in the book In Search of Excellence.

Managers and supervisors alike have to create and nurture an active relationship with value creating personal and activities.

To that extent it is nothing new; it just picks from the already well-known and often copied stories of successful entrepreneurs, who—even as high ranked managers—are still friends with blue collar workers and stay familiar with their workplaces.

On the other hand, managers who hide behind plans, schedules, and reports and/or do not take an active role in the project itself do not only risk the failure of a project, but substantially cause the failure.

Are you hiding?

Is your manager?

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Frank Kanu on Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 @ 08:56
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