one task that was most important to you? As a manager‚ how come your daily work schedule often falls in a heap by mid-morning? Who ’s got the monkey? The answer is‚ you have - probably several! "Management Time: Who ’s got the Monkey" has been the second most popular management article ever published by the Harvard Business Review ("Management Time: Who ’s got the Monkey"‚ by William Oncken and Donald Wass‚ first published by Harvard Business Review‚ 1974) and has been reprinted several times. Thirty
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Who’s Got the Monkey? 1. Summarize the article ½ page • What are the main concepts/points? • In your own words‚ what is the article saying? • What is one main lesson you learned from the article? • What is a “monkey” in the context of the article? 2. Describe 3 of your monkeys 1 page 3. Describe when you got or took a monkey that actually did NOT belong to you ½ page 4. What happened?(positive and negative) ½ page 5. Conclusion: what would you do again? 1 page Communication Strategies
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Who’s Got the Monkey by William Oncken‚ Jr.‚ & Donald L. Wass‚ “the monkey” is the ultimate exchange between the manager and his or her team members. The monkey is most certainly the time‚ work effort‚ ethic‚ pressure‚ and most importantly‚ the responsibility that a manager and an employee exchanges throughout their time spent together. I personally view the “monkey” metaphorically as the big kahuna! Shifting the monkey between the two relevant parties is a task like no other because‚ the monkey is
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Whos Got The Power? It is very easy to see that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are a political power couple‚ Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis and Cawdor. He is also in the running to be the next king of Scotland‚ but is this a case of smoke and mirrors? Could it be possible that the real power player is Lady Macbeth‚ But do with the fact she is a woman she manipulates Macbeth in to doing what she wants? Macbeth’s ambitions are very similar to Lady Macbeth’s ambition‚ but there is one key difference “This
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In the story ”The Stolen Party”‚ the monkey represents Rosaura’s position and character. The monkey is naive‚ different than everyone else attending the party‚ and is like a servant who does whatever the master says. All is the same with Rosaura. A monkey is naive and doesn’t understand what is going on around him. This is also true with Rosaura. Rosaura came to the party thinking she was a guest like everyone else‚ while in reality‚ she wasn’t. She lacked an understanding of social class and was
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IP#2 Ben Tate March 5 2011 Coms45 IP#2 Who’s got the monkey? 1. SUMMARY The article “Who’s got monkey?” explains the concept of time management. It explains the manager-subordinate relationship. It focuses on three types of time‚ boss imposed time‚ system imposed time and self imposed time. These are the different amounts of time that a manger has to accomplish his task. The goal of this article is to efficiently make use of that time to maximize results. The author explains different
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The Coach Who Got Poached Jared Gordan sat across from his VP of sales‚ Stan Simpson‚ in disbelief. “Let me make sure I understand‚” said Jared. “You’ve accepted a job with Hank’s division starting next week?” “I’m sorry‚” said Stan‚ unable to look Jared in the eye.“ I just couldn’t pass up this chance. Hank Dodge has offered to make me regional VP of marketing and sales for his division.” Jared felt his jaw lock. Hank hadn’t said a word to him about offering Stan a position. Since when was it
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Monkey sometimes confuses Western readers because it’s so different in form and substance from the major western epics or mythical and religious stories‚ such as those of the Homeric poems or the Bible. They’re tragic. Monkey‚ by contrast‚ is comic. Western tales have mostly noble human characters‚ usually princes. By contrast‚ Monkey has few human characters. Moreover the main human character‚ the monk Hsuan Tsang (also called Tripitika)‚ is the very opposite of a prince. He’s a saint who has
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Monkey is smart animal Eventually‚ in 630 CE‚ Monkey is released by the monk Tripitaka‚ who has been tasked by the Boddhisatva Guan Yin to undertake a pilgrimage from China to India to fetch holy scriptures. The pair soon recruit two former members of the Heavenly Host who were cast out and turned from angels to "monsters"‚ as a result of Monkey’s transgressions: Sandy‚ the water monster and ex-cannibal‚ expelled from Heaven after his interference caused Heaven’s Jade Emperor’s precious jade cup
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A monkey is a primate of the Haplorrhini suborder and simian infraorder‚ either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey‚ but excluding apes and humans. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal‚ although there are species that live primarily on the ground‚ such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes‚ monkeys usually have tails. Tailless monkeys may be called "apes"‚ incorrectly according to modern usage; thus the tailless Barbary
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