Policies and Flexibility

I've seen organizations operate in the following two extremes: 1. Has a set of strict policies but no room for the slightest flexibility. 2. Has no policies and thus operates in ambiguity. The question is: "Which of the two is better?" Buddhism talks about taking the middle road. Have nothing in extreme but everything in moderation. Thus, following the Buddhist philosophy and drawing from my own experiences, I can tell you for sure that neither of the two is better. While it's important for an organization to have it's set of policies, there also needs to be room for some flexibility. Therefore, the wise and efficient way is to take the middle road. An organization operating only...

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Importance of Job Description

You might have heard the famous story of Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. This is how the story goes: "An important job had to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when nobody did what Anybody could have done." Do you realize what was the underlying problem in this story? Well, there was no job description! Job description defines a list of tasks an individual is supposed to undertake as a part of his/her job. It...

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A new journey begins!

I've been writing for the past 10+ months in my blog My Voice. My Voice is basically my personal blog where I write about positivity, personal growth, life lessons and whats obvious in my journey of life. However, having been a management student and internalizing my recent encounters with people who don't understand the value of management and who seem to lack heavily in this area, I'm encouraged me to start this blog - The Management Blog. In this blog, I'll basically be writing about all areas of management. The articles will be about a wide variety of topics like planning, team building, motivating, human resource management, organizational policies, leadership, training and development...

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