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Improving personal performance and management productivity
Author(s) -
Rushowy R. H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02676128
Subject(s) - anticipation (artificial intelligence) , gratification , productivity , competition (biology) , computer science , work (physics) , natural (archaeology) , management science , knowledge management , risk analysis (engineering) , business , psychology , economics , engineering , social psychology , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , ecology , history , archaeology , biology , macroeconomics
Most of us find, as consumers, a notion of instant gratification attached to available goods and services. Much of this learned behavior is carried to our places of work and results in a measure of anticipation of immediate solutions to the problems of management. Scientific and mathematical models generally have served us well in projecting and analyzing natural phenomena; however, they may hinder the development of social skills. Management productivity is extremely difficult to measure directly because so much of it is nonquantifiable. However, marked improvement in both real and perceived performance can result through stress reduction, effective group copperation and competition and the establishment of appropriate standards. Prescriptive solutions may not succeed because of the inappropriate use of rational models to describe nonrational or emotion‐laden situations. This paper will focus on pragmatic elements of professional management as they relate to the technically oriented manager.