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Harsh business style of management
Jamani
#11 Posted : Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:23:18 PM
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madhaquer wrote:
What employers and managers really need to do is just speak the truth as they see it without sugar coating it. Employees take offence at being judged but speaking your mind and stating your expectations is really the way to go. unfortunately the truth might hurt you the most in cooperate Kenya, someone reminded to check the forest and notice that straight trees never last for long, they are cut down[/b]
A decent worker with the right attitude will pick up from there and improve, anyone still whining and bitching should be let go mara that that.
[b]Well whining and bitching never works, you need to join the winning team and use them to win....
Sasha
#12 Posted : Wednesday, January 25, 2012 11:08:37 AM
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Management style is very much based on the kind, calibre and education of employees you have. I remember while in campus I got a job as an office manager for a garage cum computer shop. The owner used to abuse all employees apart from me and of course this bred some animosity from them towards me.

If your workforce is educated, then most likely you will never need to shout/scream/abuse anyone coz they should know their work. If it is informal, the likelihood of being harsh is more coz the workforce is not skilled. Of course, some employers do not know the difference!
kenmac
#13 Posted : Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:30:02 PM
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google up leadership x and leadership y. One is authoritative while the other one is inclusive. You will get several analyses of the two styles of leadership, and hopefully an appropriate answer to your question.
......Ecclesiastes
Elder
#14 Posted : Friday, February 17, 2012 1:16:42 PM
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mkonomtupu wrote:
it's not a secret it just grows on you once you realize how much it cost you to keep people in your business who don't contribute to the bottom line. You start by shouting then apologizing then you eventually become harsh and arrogant. You fire them at will or sometimes to instill discipline. i'm naturally a soft person but employees call me "shetani". Workers are not very important in a business clients who are paying are the most important. You can fire entire work force and get replacements the very next day. sometimes you should even delay paying salaries just to show them who is really boss. If you don't do this your business will be among the statistics that say 80% of all new business fail within 3 years of operation.
Business is not charity

How do you get around the Kenyan labour laws? If you keep like that and keep within the labour laws it will cost you a fortune; if you are disregarding the labour laws (which I suspect) then one day it will most likely put you out of business and possibly in jail too.
He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
the sage
#15 Posted : Friday, February 17, 2012 4:00:35 PM
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Workers are not very important in a business clients who are paying are the most important. You can fire entire work force and get replacements the very next day. sometimes you should even delay paying salaries just to show them who is really boss

My neighbor tried this strategy an let us just say he is now in a wheelchair and scars criss-cross his hands and scalp.
Wendz
#16 Posted : Monday, February 20, 2012 12:27:50 PM
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mkonomtupu wrote:
it's not a secret it just grows on you once you realize how much it cost you to keep people in your business who don't contribute to the bottom line. You start by shouting then apologizing then you eventually become harsh and arrogant. You fire them at will or sometimes to instill discipline. i'm naturally a soft person but employees call me "shetani". Wo[b]rkers are not very important in a business[/b] If you are not careful, these guys can ruin you big time.... I believe workers are as important as clients... you only need to manage them well.clients who are paying are the most important. You can fire entire work force and get replacements the very next day.Under which contract again? sometimes you should even delay paying salaries ever heard of something called "constructive dismissal"? You could end up paying through your nose if you get someone who knows their place..just to show them who is really boss. If you don't do this your business will be among the statistics that say 80% of all new business fail within 3 years of operation.
Business is not charity

mkonomtupu
#17 Posted : Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:33:24 PM
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@Elder, the labour laws provide for something called summary dismissal so you can always get a reason to let go of employees under that, then you can always give employees a one year non renewable contract with termination penalty of one month salary...then employ under a shell company...have a dossier on your employees(i know 3 of ex-employees had criminal records-when you are employing you have to get the litigation history of the employee-i cant employ you if you have ever taken your former employer to labour office or industrial court-nothing personal just business.

On salaries I said delay i didn't say don't pay...one week delay has such an effect...the employees who have no time for your business begin polishing their CVs..I did this in December "lost" two
Lolest!
#18 Posted : Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:02:20 PM
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The Kenyans who criticise their leaders really do some dirty stuffShame on you
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chiaroscuro
#19 Posted : Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:02:03 AM
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Harsh shouting/screaming bosses are people who have lost focus of the bigger picture. The aim of management is to produce results. Shouting at subordinates does not get you the highest results, but it strokes you ego quite a lot.

This might sound bad, but managers should treat their subordinates the way they treat their children! Ask any parent and they will tell you that shouting at children doesn't make them obedient. However, if you speak to them calmly, quietly (almost down to a whisper), you will be amazed at how obedient the children will be; ditto, subordinates.
chiaroscuro
#20 Posted : Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:03:04 AM
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...and, hey, your blood pressure and stress will also remain low!
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