Issue 1, Summer 2002 Principles for Effective Management

Principles for Effective Management Are your employees valuableresources? Or are theyproblems to deal with? Do you feel as if there must bemore to managing than youthought? Does your staff operate as aseamlessly functioning team? Is your organization a placewhere people thrive?Your answers to these ques-tions say a lot about you, yourorganization and your view ofmanagement. As a manager,whether you are the executivedirector, a program manager ora supervisor, you set the tonefor your organization and shapehow people think and may be the mostwritten about and most taughtaspect of organizations. Yet,for many of us, it remains a bitof mystery. The purpose of thisarticle is to illuminate the natureof being a manager and toexplore a simple model of EffectiveManagementWe define Management as theart of producing results throughothers. 1 This is a simplestatement with profound impli- The real job of a manager is toinspire employees to be theirbest and establish a workingenvironment that allows for themto be their isan attitude a way of life.

Management may be the most written about and most taught aspect of organizations. Yet, for many of us, it remains a bit of mystery. The purpose of this article is to illuminate the nature of being a manager and to explore a simple model for managing. Nature of Effective Management We define management …

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