management

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If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone.

- Beacham, Charles

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For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.

- Blanchard, Ken

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The one word that makes a good manager -- decisiveness.

- Iacocca, Lee

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Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

- Covey, Stephen R.

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I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.

- Gould, Tim

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Successful Project Management: PLAN, EXECUTE, EVALUATE Sounds simple, but most projects aren't well planned nor are they evaluated well. The tendency is to jump right into execution and as soon as execution is completed (which usually isn't soon), move on to the next project without evaluating what happen on the present project and what could have been improved. Successful project management requires more front and back end resources (and less middle) than are usually allocated.

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A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him. My advice: Don't worry about yourself. Take care of those who work for you and you'll float to greatness on their achievements.

- Burns, H.S.M.

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A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.

- Acheson, Dean

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When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

- Buffett, Warren

10.

The ability to manage well doesn't make much difference if you're not even in the right jungle.

- Covey, Stephen R.

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I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.

- Boone, Louis E.

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A little tact and wise management may often evade resistance, and carry a point, where direct force might be in vain.

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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.

- David M. Ogilvy

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As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.

- Blanchard, Ken

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People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.

- Carey, George

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Good management is better than good income.

- Proverb, Portuguese

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Managers have traditionally developed the skills in finance, planning, marketing and production techniques. Too often the relationships with their people have been assigned a secondary role. This is too important a subject not to receive first line attention.

- Hewlitt, William

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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

- Peter Drucker

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Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere.

- Reagan, Ronald

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I would rather have a first-class manager running a second-rate business than a second-rate manager running a first-rate business.

- Reichert, Jack E.