Managerial Perspective
Personal Managerial Philosophy
A manager is essentially a person that gives direction, provides leadership and decides how to use resources to accomplish organizational goals (Daft, 2008). As a person having been in the workforce for almost twenty-five years, I can say with experience, that managers and the methods they use to obtain organizational goals can make the difference between success and failure of a project and even an organization. A managerial philosophy is something that all managers develop over time as a result of their experiences in the workplace. Over the last twenty years I have been exposed to a variety of business and managers that have helped me shape my personal managerial philosophies that I currently employ on the job. Before I get into the exact philosophy that I apply in the workplace it is important to know a few aspects about my past experience and some of the roles I have played to truly understand the rationale for my personal managerial philosophy.
One of the first jobs I had in my career was in the printing industry. Coming from a family of printers, I was exposed to all aspects of offset printing and the production processes that were used in this field. My father owned the tenth largest printing company in the United States throughout my early years in printing therefore; I had an inside look at aspects of business that many never had at this young age. I was required to work up through the ranks in my father business and show my skill in every area of production before I could become a manager. In time, I was ultimately running a night shift of eighty employees.
In printing the product is mainly created in an assembly line process and there is little margin for error if there is any profit to be had. A good manager in printing commonly focused more on speed of production and zero errors more than the overall happiness or well being of the employee. The attitude was there was always another worker to replace
A manager is essentially a person that gives direction, provides leadership and decides how to use resources to accomplish organizational goals (Daft, 2008). As a person having been in the workforce for almost twenty-five years, I can say with experience, that managers and the methods they use to obtain organizational goals can make the difference between success and failure of a project and even an organization. A managerial philosophy is something that all managers develop over time as a result of their experiences in the workplace. Over the last twenty years I have been exposed to a variety of business and managers that have helped me shape my personal managerial philosophies that I currently employ on the job. Before I get into the exact philosophy that I apply in the workplace it is important to know a few aspects about my past experience and some of the roles I have played to truly understand the rationale for my personal managerial philosophy.
One of the first jobs I had in my career was in the printing industry. Coming from a family of printers, I was exposed to all aspects of offset printing and the production processes that were used in this field. My father owned the tenth largest printing company in the United States throughout my early years in printing therefore; I had an inside look at aspects of business that many never had at this young age. I was required to work up through the ranks in my father business and show my skill in every area of production before I could become a manager. In time, I was ultimately running a night shift of eighty employees.
In printing the product is mainly created in an assembly line process and there is little margin for error if there is any profit to be had. A good manager in printing commonly focused more on speed of production and zero errors more than the overall happiness or well being of the employee. The attitude was there was always another worker to replace
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