That's a good socialist plan. When I worked for Chinese-owned businesses in China 95-99 we didn't have managers, we had leaders.
Romie
Fred Nickols <
nickols@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
I can, on a small scale, echo Karen Tobias' remarks about "management" being
replaced with "leadership," short time frames, etc.
I recently completed a two-hour training module on delegation for inclusion
in the curriculum of a large, successful corporation's management academy.
One of the final reviewers was from the HR department. I was expecting what
I thought would be a "sensitivity" review. Instead, it was suggested - and
quite seriously too - that the word "manager" should be replaced with
"leader." The rationale proffered was that not all the participants would
be "managers" but all would be "leaders." I'm still scratching my head over
that one.
(No, Karen's organization was not the client.)
Regards,
Fred Nickols, CPT
Distance Consulting
"Assistance at a Distance"
nickols@att.net
www.nickols.us
Karen wrote in part:
> Part of my job responsibilities include keeping our course materials on
> track and making sure we are positioned to meet our members
> needs. So I am
> always watching the trends in management education.
>
> We are seeing this trend in our work; that the word "management" is not in
> vogue and is being replaced with the word "leadership". There are several
> reasons for this trend; one is the lack of management positions in the big
> companies. Two, is the focus on teams and the need for team leaders. My
> biggest challenge is handling "the boss" who wants his people to learn
> management/leadership in 40 hours or less. We are under
> increasing pressure
> to teach the soft skills of management in short time frames (a two hour
> session). This trend seems to be increasing each year. Our
> members have an
> average age of 45-50 years old, so this is not the fresh graduate saying;
> put me on the fast track.
Romie F. Littrell, PhD, An f�na� fi�in
Faculty of Business, Auckland University of Technology
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Auckland 1020, New Zealand
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