Management Style and Employee Morale
In any organization, the style of supervision can have a tremendous impact on morale. An autocratic, punitive management style tends to cause many employees to simply do what they're told, often with great resentment. A ..
Management of Working Capital Case Study: "George's Trains"
This clip explores the management of working capital at "George's Trains," a small business whose market demand runs in cycles.
Management's Five Basic Functions
It would be no exaggeration to say that society cannot function without organizations. And, equally important, organizations cannot function without those individuals, known as managers, whose job it is to direct the act..
Managerial Challenges
Regardless of their level within an organization, managers virtually without exception find their jobs to be a uniquely challenging mix of the frustrating and the rewarding. Unlike the popular image of the manager as som..
Managerial Skills and Functions
While there is a wide range of general skills required of nearly all managers, there are some differences in emphasis from one level of management to another, from supervisory or operating level managers up through senio..
Managers and Ethics
Some believe that managers need to be provided with a corporate code of ethics that might serve as a kind of road map in the face of difficult choices. But it would still be incumbent upon the manager to find out the fac..
Managing Cash Flow
This clip talks about the importance of managing cash flow, noting that the cash requirements of any company are constantly changing and that sales mean nothing without the ability to collect cash.
Managing Change Case Study: Fluor Corporation, The
The Fluor Corporation was for years one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world, employing close to forty thousand people. But by the mid 1980s, faced with crippling financial losses following ..
Managing Organizational Conflict Case Study: CNN
The ongoing fact of life at CNN is that an enormous amount of news has to be gathered and prepared for broadcast quickly on a daily basis. Conflicts sometimes develop because of the tremendous pressure that can arise in ..
Managing a Small Business
This clip introduces the five major management functions: planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. It notes that the challenge for small business owners is to avoid what is sometimes called "entrepreneur..