Welcome to my blog and my first blog ever!
Reading chapter 1 in Robbin's book Organizational Behavior was all new material for me. I have never been a manager and have never really known what managers do. I have only had three real jobs and the first two both of the managers were corrupt and stole money from the company. The most recent job I worked in Washington and I did not have a real manager. I have never known what a great manager does until I read this chapter.
While reading the chapter I read that effective managers spend the most of their time communicating with other employees and customers. This really made me think about how my managers have been awful managers and how when i walk into a store i can tell if there is a good manager in the store or not. My managers have never communicated with me. If all managers communicate with the employees and customers (if possible), a lot and in an effective manager then business will get better.
Another thing that I read for unit one was the book Good to Great. This book really made me think about do companies become great? This is addressed in the book and it says that they do become great. I don't know if I see this as an accurate statement yet. I was thinking about this and can not think of a company that I have watched go good to great! All the companies I know of have always been great. Of course a company cant start off great... or can it? It all starts with the managers I think and so if the managers are great to start with then the company does start great! I will continue to read this book and see if it can change my perspective on this.
