MGMT 453

What kind of manager should I be if I had 50 employees: what about a hundred? As a manager I would want to use my authority to make sure that at the end of the day the job is completed to the best of my ability. I would also want to focus on building a community or family with the people that worked under my supervision.

I admire companies such as the cheesecake Factory for the constant importance they put on the “people” who work at their restaurants. At the end of the day, they realize that people and families are affected by decisions they make. They rely on the Cheesecake Factory to make good decisions, and in return their employees know that the Cheesecake factory cares about them deeply.

I admire the work JM Family Enterprizes has done to increase benefits and create longlisting associates. JM Family Enterprizes has a fantastic employee benefit program that is like a magnet for great candidates that want to work in the business. This allows JM Family Enterprizes to acquire fantastic employees who love their jobs and what they get to do.

Kronos Incorporated is doing something right too. They not only have a plethora of employees that they count and depend on, but they help 35,000 customers manage their own workforces. More than half of the fortune 1000 companies use the ideas and way of thinking that Kronos incorporated has mastered. Kronos focusses on balance in life. Not only do they care about the work being done, but they also care about the time and life their employees live outside of work. They believe that if their employees are fulfilled outside the workplace that then they will be even more engaged other aspect of their life such as work.

Ruling with an iron fist is not how managers need to do their job. I want to further examine and employ all the different managing ideas and focuses on my own future of management. I need to be Strick and lenient. Harsh but justified. Tough but caring. Most of all I need to be able to create an environment where individuals and teams can flourish to be the best that they can be. Managing can be done all sorts of ways and work great. I need to find my own way to manage at a high level. I think that the most challenging part will be to figure out how I can do it best, because everyone is different in their approach to greatness.

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