Thursday, April 5, 2007

Emotion Vs Coldness in an organization

As business managers, many people have different takes on how they manage people and organization. Is there a relation between a particular style of management and the type of business itself?
A bulb lights up in my cranium and it says ... Ofcourse! Google cannot afford to have a cold management in a business that thrives on creativity. On the otherhand, industries such as steel, lime, cement cannot afford to NOT be cold. These businesses live on knowledge that has been around for centuries. They need to be cold and calculating even a particular move is the "right" thing to do.
Imagine if they began doing exactly the opposite of what they are doing right now ...
Google turns cold and becomes Microsoft ...
Mittal Steel turns nimble n creative and becomes GE aviation technology ...

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