How effectively can YOU manage in the shark invested waters of hyper-competition?

How management differs from leadership is explained in the leadership section. Here the focus is on how to think about organizations in general and organizational dynamics.

Management - how it adds value

  • Management is not seen to be as glamorous as leadership.
  • Organizations today need to be dynamic, not mechanistic.
  • Management is said to be mechanistic.
  • But all organizations need efficiency as much as innovation.
  • Today's profits are needed to fund tomorrow's growth.
  • It is the manager's task to invest all resources wisely to obtain the best possible return and performance.
  • Management is like investment - allocating and nurturing all resources to obtain maximum value in relation to a given objective.

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