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The jurassic executive park: How esh managers can get out
Author(s) -
Owen C. W.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.3310030204
Subject(s) - empowerment , business , sharpening , field (mathematics) , marketing , public relations , engineering , political science , economics , economic growth , mechanical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics
Managers living in the Jurassic past find it difficult or impossible to deal with changes demanded by today's environmentally challenged operational arena. The highly technical environmental issues were once thought to be the sole province of the individual with “environmental” in his or her job description. Environmental professionals spent most of their time learning all the regulatory constraints on the company's processes. Sharpening these technical skills has not prepared ESH managers to get things done with others from outside the environmental field. In this article, the author argues that managers must learn to use team empowerment to remain competitive and improve environmental performance.