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Management related research papersIn any organization, the manager?s bosses, peers and
subordinates, in return for their active support, impose some requirements, just as the
manager imposes some requirements upon them when they are drawing upon his or her
support. These demands constitute so much of the manager?s time that successful
leadership hinges on an ability to control this ?monkey on the back? effectively.
Why is it that managers are typically running out of time while their subordinates are
typically running out of work? In this article, we shall explore the meaning of management
time as it relates to the interaction between managers and their bosses, their own peers and
their subordinates. Specifically, we shall deal with three different kinds of management
time:
Boss imposed time To accomplish those activities which the boss requires and which the
manager cannot disregard without direct and swift penalty.
System imposed time To accommodate those requests to the manager for active support
from his or her peers. This assistance must also be provided lest there be penalties, though
not always direct or swift.
Self imposed time To do those things which the manager originates or agrees to do. A
certain portion of this kind of time, however, will be taken by subordinates and is called ?
subordinate imposed time.? The remaining portion will be his or her own and is called ?
discretionary time.? Self imposed time is not subject to penalty since neither the boss nor
the system can discipline the manager for not doing what they did not know the manager
had intended to do in the first place.
The management of time necessitates that management get control over the timing and
content of what they do. Since what their bosses and...
