The Seven Fatal Management Sins: Understanding and Avoiding Managerial Malpractice
Submitted by WorkCreatively on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 06:57
Printer-friendly version
Printer-friendly version| Title | The Seven Fatal Management Sins: Understanding and Avoiding Managerial Malpractice |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Pub Year | 1997 |
| Authors | Collis, J. |
| Publisher | CRC |
| Keywords | ethics, objectification |
| Notes | objectification"Every employee should be part of the corporate family. While that may be the case in some organizations, in other organizations employees are numbers-objects to be utilized and manipulated. Motorola stresses that the organization is a 'family' with human and democratic values, where no one can be fired without approval from the top." (p. 165) ethics"Employees must be treated as assets, as investments. Nothing less should be acceptable. That makes sense not only from the humanitarian or moral side of the equation but also from the overall business side. The right person should be matched with the right job, not only initially but continuously. That means planning an employee's future in the organization. An employee who was placed in the proper job when he or she was hired may have outgrown that job a year later. A good manager must recognize that and proceed accordingly. Once placed in an organization, many employees are are forgotten for all practical purposes, forgotten until someone 'dares' to speak out. The sad thing is that such indifference hurts not only the employee but the organization. It is the responsibility of managers to get the best employees for their organizations and to place them in the right slots . But the manager's job is not over at that point. It is equally important for managers to continue the orderly and timely advancement of their employees." (p. 164) ethics"The right person should be matched with the right job, not only initially but continuously." This reminds me of a quote from W. Edwards Deming: "The company hired him for this job; hence has a moral obligation to put him into the right job." (1, p. 115) |
| Full Text |
 
|
- 1. (1982). Out of the Crisis.