Polarities and Polarity Management
Polarities and Polarity Management
Polarities and Polarity Management
GM500-01/Managers & Leaders
Professor Sparks
11/11/2011
GM500-01/Managers & Leaders
Professor Sparks
11/11/2011
Kristina Smith, GM500-01
Planning and Taking Action.
Kristina Smith, GM500-01
Planning and Taking Action.
Polarities and Polarity Management What are Polarities? Polarities are interdependent opposites which function at its highest when both are present and balance each other (Welp). A polarity is comparable to the Asian belief of “Yin-Yang”. Like Yin-Yang, Polarities are forces of a company or departments strategy that perform best when both are practiced simultaneously. There are several common forms of polarities that can be found in a company. Critical Analysis and Encouragement or Planning and Action are just two that you can come across during your career. The way planning and action can complement each other is as such; there is a goal that needs to be reached for a sales department during the first quarter of the upcoming fiscal year, the company will plan for this goal during the third and forth quarter of the previous year and implement the plan (Action) during the first quarter of the next year. Critical Analysis and Encouragement is a little more complex then planning and Action; for example, you have a team of new trainees, as you train them you analysis their actions and critical areas instead of just telling the trainees what is wrong you explain why it is wrong and how they can go about changing this and becoming more productive (encouragement). Polarities Management on the other hand is more complex than the Polarity factors (Yin-Yang). It is the actual management of the polarities as whole and separate factors. Polarity Management is the value of both factors and getting the best performance from both without limitations of either factor (Welp). For example; you have a customer service call center that benefits from
Polarities and Polarity Management
GM500-01/Managers & Leaders
Professor Sparks
11/11/2011
GM500-01/Managers & Leaders
Professor Sparks
11/11/2011
Kristina Smith, GM500-01
Planning and Taking Action.
Kristina Smith, GM500-01
Planning and Taking Action.
Polarities and Polarity Management What are Polarities? Polarities are interdependent opposites which function at its highest when both are present and balance each other (Welp). A polarity is comparable to the Asian belief of “Yin-Yang”. Like Yin-Yang, Polarities are forces of a company or departments strategy that perform best when both are practiced simultaneously. There are several common forms of polarities that can be found in a company. Critical Analysis and Encouragement or Planning and Action are just two that you can come across during your career. The way planning and action can complement each other is as such; there is a goal that needs to be reached for a sales department during the first quarter of the upcoming fiscal year, the company will plan for this goal during the third and forth quarter of the previous year and implement the plan (Action) during the first quarter of the next year. Critical Analysis and Encouragement is a little more complex then planning and Action; for example, you have a team of new trainees, as you train them you analysis their actions and critical areas instead of just telling the trainees what is wrong you explain why it is wrong and how they can go about changing this and becoming more productive (encouragement). Polarities Management on the other hand is more complex than the Polarity factors (Yin-Yang). It is the actual management of the polarities as whole and separate factors. Polarity Management is the value of both factors and getting the best performance from both without limitations of either factor (Welp). For example; you have a customer service call center that benefits from
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