Go to the website, and print out Gerard M. Blair’s article “What Makes a Great Manager” “What Makes a Great Manager”. It is a very down-to-earth article and provides “some common-sense ideas on the subject of great management.”
What are Blair’s specific notions of being a “great manager”?
Using Blair’s ideas, do a personal write-up about how well you match up to being a “great-manager”? Identify your strengths and also your challenges.
Search for the website of a company in which a manager discusses his or her approach to planning, organizing, leading, or controlling. What is that manager’s approach to managing? What effects has this approach had on the company’s performance?
