I am a consultant and ISO auditor and spend my time in implementing Lean or other initiatives. The whole plan of action is a top down which is definitely to fail.The author fails to understand that you need external consultants to facilitate and handle sensitive issues for the effective implementation.The author probably used all her book skills and lack shop experience.teams are selected to reflect actual work not trained to do a work which premise does not help.it is like pretuning the team to go in a particular channel rather than like peeling an oinion to go to to the root cause of the problems.
no methord of management is correct. an application when applied for an automobile manager is not the same for that of a chemical factory manager. every successful managers have their own unique ways of interpreting things and if their action and decision becomes a success every one calls him an efficient manager and if it does't then the manager interepreted it wrong. no professor in management theory can define or say a particular management style would be very effective for a particualt type of organisation.
good managers need to understand the broad aspects of taking a decision which includes understanding cultures and geography.
so i would say develop your own styles of managing people and you become more effecive.
hisham kabir vice president ross fortune interactive
RE:develop your own management style- hisham kabir
by Partha on Dec 06, 2005 11:30 AM Permalink
Sir, Thanks for the suggestion. In addition to that can i add few points. For beginners like me :- we need info & guidance b4 v chose our path/style that suits the requirements.
Y do v study till college if v have to chose our own style ? In fact ,there is a proverb that says "Why reinvent the cycle". Nothing wrong in taking inputs fm different style, Discuss,Debate,Decide or in other words "Observe,Think,take the best out of it". Thanks once again for ur valuable suggestions. Hi Sanjeev, Only few have the heart to share their success, keep it up, there is still a lot of young generation who need guidance.(Not advice but suggestions)
The article is helpful and provides valuable insight from an implementer's perspective. Thanks to the author for sharing such info., and to rediff for publishing such articles.
the management aspect seems more of theoritical than practicability. being a management degree holder, i found this article part of the whole. the whole totally depends on the type of organisation(goals & tools provided to the team to reach targets), future prospects having fixed vision of time(almost not provided by any organisation) and the monitory gain thereby which is the prime dragger in the present materialistic job market.delegation of authority is healthy for both parties in growing concerns where both party dont feel unsecured at the first & final levels.
RE:HOW TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE
by Prajakta S. Mohile on Dec 02, 2005 08:37 PM Permalink
It is not all crap as you so vehemently called out. Delegation definitely works! Otherwise the manager/supervisor will end up doing all the work. If a person is too rigid to change from his/her comfort zone, then that person is looked upon as a roadblock to success. If a company wants to forge ahead, then it has to radically change existing techniques and think 5 years ahead of time. Otherwise private companies will become union workshops, where workers want their way or highway. There will always be a delicate balance between management and employees. Agreed, it is the duty of management to create conducive work environment. But at the same time, it is every employees responsibility as well to adopt and accept change as a part and parcel of life. Unless you are willing to take on more responsibility as a part of delegation, you will never have a chance to grow professionally.
RE:HOW TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE
by Prajakta S. Mohile on Dec 02, 2005 08:39 PM Permalink
Ofcourse it is a part of the whole. It is just meant to be a business case study and not someone's generalized point of view!
I am an Ex Senior Executive of Birla Cellulosic. This is all WRONG. Only on Paper.Why the Writer has left such a GOOD Organization if at all so good.?All Bogus. No excellency in this organization as almost all 80% people has left the organization because the terror has been created by the CEO of that time and forced the employee to do what he said otherwise his Apprisal would be spoiled and I am the victim of his arrogancy. If you do NOT follow his CACUS you will be in great trouble. If organization is achieved such a morbalus excellency and lots of awrads than why it could NOT achieve the QUALITY in their product? Why the production rate has been made slow? THere are lots of if and buts, but in BC excellence is only on paper not in actual that is a fact, people must know.That is the reason I have GIVEN my comments.
The article "How to achieve excellence" is really good. Thanks to rediff for posting these kind of articles. Expecting a lot in future from ur side. All the best.
