The role of managers is complex and stressful, demanding long hours and commitment to the organization. A manager is a middle person between the top management level and employees. Managers are building blocks of the organization. A manager performs five basic functions – Planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling. Read More
Category: Management
A Syndrome of Selfishness & Managers
A syndrome of selfishness has taken hold of our corporations and our societies, as well as our minds. It is built on a series of half-truths, each of which drives a wedge into society: from a narrow view of ourselves as economic man, to a distorted view of our values reduced to shareholder value, to a particular view of leadership as heroic and dramatic, to a nasty view of organizations as lean and increasingly mean, to an illusionary view of society as a rising tide of prosperity. Read More