Archive for February, 2010

Business these days

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Because of such developments, an individual can improve his life, put it in order and make it more meaningful. A person, stimulated by a frightening present, will immerse if not immolate himself in the memories of a haunting, distant past. The past is always a good gauge in understanding the present realities and in determining the future actions.
Although the future is an enigma, a manager should look to the future in managing his organization. Such uncertainty should not prevent him in planning his managerial actions for the future. In doing so, he should not, however, stray far from the organization’s direction. As the American authors said:
No one can really predict the future, but an analysis of present conditions can be the basis for making intelligent guesses. Some futurologists or forecasters of the future are optimistic. Many hold to a mixture of opinions.
Although no one knows exactly what will happen in the future, a manager must be futuristic. He works today considering what might happen tomorrow, rationally decides the sort of future that he could shape and then works to achieve it. He looks at the future with strong convictions to realize his dreams and to fulfill his mission. The only things that can bar his way from achieving the organizational goals are self- doubts and negative thinking. Thus, he should not let these villains get a toehold in his mind and in his organization.
One of the future courses of management shows managers recognizing the importance of providing more participative climate in their future organizations.
Also, it shows that there is a need to study the behavior of people at work to help them become more effective, more productive, and better satisfied. Studies must be made to improve the worker’s productivity and job satisfaction, particularly on selection and training, goal-setting, pay and work motivation, and job design and job enrichment.