This Focused Performance Weblog started life as a "business management blog" containing links and commentary related primarily to organizational effectiveness with a "Theory of Constraints" perspective, but is in the process of evolving towards primary content on interactive and mobile marketing. Think of it as about Focusing marketing messages for enhanced Performance. If you are on an archive page, current postings are found here.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Big Picture Management -- From Phil G at Slacker Manager comes New Manager Guide: Big Picture Focus. Long-time readers here know I think of myself as a "big picture" person, concerned about whole system improvement, and as a "generalist", so I appreciate Phil's suggestion for new managers that...
The job of management is to focus on the company's business within the marketplace - that's the big picture. Now your thinking has to include the marketplace, the competition, the trends taking place in your industry, the kinds of new skills needed to increase productivity, new technology breakthroughs and new business or marketing strategies to compete successfully.
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