Supervisory Management articles from August 1994

Supervisory Management archives from August 1994

Encouraging a risk-taking culture.
August 1, 1994... Taking chances makes your work exciting, and it can make the work of your team equally exciting. Risk taking lets you increase your alertness and your self-awareness; most important, it keeps you in the game. Play it safe all the time, and...

What reengineering means to your role as manager.
August 1, 1994... If your workplace hasn't been re-engineered yet, it is likely to be. Companies are looking for simpler, more efficient ways of getting work done, and they are turning to re-engineering--or one of many related approaches--to get this done. It...

Becoming a change master. (managing organizational change) (Checklist)
August 1, 1994... Whatever the nature of the change--from new policies and procedures to a new way of working together, to a new organization--you sometimes have to win management's support for the need to change, sometimes have to win your employees' support for...

Saturn's rings replace typical management pyramid. (Saturn Corp.'s 'concentric circle' organization) (Winning Team Plays)
August 1, 1994... While consumers rave about the quality of General Motors' Saturn car, many managers have become interested in how that car came to be. The Saturn Corp. (Spring Hill, TN), a subsidiary of General Motors, has introduced two revolutionary ideas in...

New technology? (training employees in new technologies)
August 1, 1994... New technologies can be exciting and fun--but they also can be a big headache. Steve Moonitz, technology manager at Entertainment Weekly magazine, has some answers to questions frequently asked by managers in that situation. * Should you...