No matter what your management style, participatory, directing or teamwork, four broad management functions are demanded of you. As a manager, your primary tasks involve managing people who are ...

For new supervisors or managers, the standard PLOC (planning, leading, organizing, controlling) framework is still useful in preparing for their new role. Of these four basic functions however, ...

“First, let’s fire all the managers” said Gary Hamel almost seven years ago in Harvard Business Review. “Think of the countless hours that team leaders, department heads, and vice presidents devote to ...