tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304942974933862539.post388057189990372800..comments2023-05-15T07:27:23.641-04:00Comments on slimviews: MicroManagement?slimfairviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450787100925354457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304942974933862539.post-33031058502029670182011-01-13T13:53:36.832-05:002011-01-13T13:53:36.832-05:00Good leaders will tighten controls when the perfor...Good leaders will tighten controls when the performance graph (for lack of a better term) begins to go off.<br /><br />Costs rise,<br />productivity down,<br />shipping dates missed<br />too many glitches in the new programmes <br />too many returns from a customer,<br />personnel turnover rate increases,<br />Sales fall off.<br /><br />Generally, a good manager (a generic application of the term) will look into things.<br /><br />Exceptions:<br /><br />A higher up gets on his case. The higher up wants to see activity.<br /><br />B new guy takes over. He has to:<br />a. establish his authority<br />because he is<br />1. personally not up to the task<br />2. professionally not up to the task.<br />b. is brought in because things are not going well. (a turnaround pro)<br /><br />Slimslimfairviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03450787100925354457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304942974933862539.post-43130898160479690852011-01-13T13:35:29.716-05:002011-01-13T13:35:29.716-05:00Don't confuse micromanagement with co-ordinati...Don't confuse micromanagement with co-ordination.<br /><br />A brain surgeon (or a surgeon doing a heart-lung transplant) is not micromanaging when he makes sure everyone on the team is doing what he or she is supposed to be doing and doing it at the precise time.<br /><br />A General is not micromanaging when he makes sure all his units are in position before launching an attack.<br /><br />Slimslimfairviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03450787100925354457noreply@blogger.com