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"Rainmaking" by partners for example, is not measurable over regular short-term intervals and it takes place substantially off-premises and during non-traditional business hours.
What kinds of rules and procedures do you think the department managers will come up with? Which departments will be more formalized? Why?
Manufacturing departments should be more formalized than research and development departments. Manufacturing managers may allow a certain amount of flexibility or choice of hours, but with sufficient structure to ensure that staffing needs are met in full at all times. To the extent that manufacturing output is quantifiable and that output corresponds to the productivity of individuals, short-term evaluations may be appropriate. If off-site privileges manufacturing operations are particularly susceptible to abuse in any department, restrictions would be appropriate, particularly where there is no potential benefit to the organization. Research...
Finally, if off-site privileges are potentially beneficial to the organization and not particularly susceptible to abuse, department managers would be smart to avoid restricting it unnecessarily.
What risks will the company face if it establishes different procedures for different areas?
Frankly, the company has faced (and suffered the consequences of) uniform rules and procedures where they were not uniformly appropriate. The only conceivable (legitimate) problem associated with differential policies might be where interdepartmental collaboration is necessary. But the need for intradepartmental coordination is much more important and differential policies are more beneficial than detrimental.
Business Major A major in Business Management seems secure, and yet, it could be easily rendered an obsolete concentration. If Business Management were rendered obsolete, it would have adverse implications on the economy, on issues related to social justice, and on the ability for organizations to thrive. Especially during an economic recession, the need to develop future business leaders becomes apparent. Interviews with successful managers who were once students in an
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