Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Myth of a Manager

It is a UVCA World
Managers are workers but differentiated as those with knowledge in comparative abundance . They  have wisdom based on what they have assimilated. They have an integrated perspective of all that affects them and their organizations. They take informed decisions. They absorb the essentials of the four main functions of business: people management , production or service (operations management) ;  marketing management, and financial management.  Managers are also strategists keeping in view the vision and mission of the organization. These functions move at times on known paths and at times take on unpredictable patterns. Managers  are scenario builders evaluating the least predictable and most important occurrences having a bearing on the organizations they serve.


The manager's world is UVCA : uncertain volatile, complex and ambiguous.  Managers are  experienced enough to handle any  random occurrences (outliers) and capable of managing any situation that has the potential of destabilizing the organizational world around them even temporarily. Managers are in a steady state of 'unstable equilibrium'. Managers take coordinated and balanced action on the interactions between the sub sets  of human capital, finance capital, marketing costs and strategic inputs. Managers are maestros that coordinate the  orchestra of business ; they render  business meaningful,  coherent and consistently profitable. 

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