After a couple of months as a manager I had my feet under me enough to look forward to the annual review cycle. The department had raises tied to the review cycle. Deciding how to portion out raises is critical. My time as a developer had done little to prepare me for it. I anticipated that at… Continue reading Face the Uneven Dozen
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responsibility for contribution defines the manager
Responsibility for contribution (rather than rank or title or command over people) defines the manager. And integrity (rather than genius) is the manager’s basic requirement. Peter F. Drucker, Management (Revised Edition), Chapter 2, 40:32
Drucker’s Five Basic Operations of the Manager
There are five basic operations in the work of the manager. Together they result in the integration of resources into a viable growing organism. A manager … sets objectives. … She makes the objectives effective by communicating them to the people whose performance is needed to attain them. A manager organizes. … He classifies the work. He divides… Continue reading Drucker’s Five Basic Operations of the Manager
Being a Functional Manager
A functional manager’s job breaks apart into three handy headings: Cultivate Discipline Leverage Discipline Employee At Large