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What's under the hood? the mechanics of leadership versus management.
Supervision, August, 2001 by Zimmerman, E. L.
Believe it or not, there are those rare individuals in the world of work who describe themselves as "great managers." Focusing primarily on the enterprise's revenues, this professional tends to be a master at organizing a workforce in meeting or exceeding annual profit projections. Typically, great managers have staked their reputations, if not their careers, on maintaining bottom-line results for the betterment of the organization.
While perhaps losing sight of a commonly accepted business truth -- it's "all" the members of any workforce who ultimately make things happen -- a great manager more often than not runs the risk of being labeled an "ogre" by subordinates for an unrelenting dedications to the monthly P&L statements. Yet, there are others...
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