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Management

2014

Quote: Antoine de Saint Exupéry
·68 words·1 min
Quotes Culture Philosophy Sociology Business Management
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

2010

The End Of 9-To-5: When Work Time Is Anytime : NPR
·157 words·1 min
Articles Business Management
While I haven’t listened to the audio yet, the text of this NPR article on a results-only work environment (ROWE) caught my interest immediately. I’m pleased to see agencies beginning to experiment with different types of management styles, in particular for knowledge-worker positions, which don’t really fit well in our traditional manufacturing-based approaches.