How Much Does Management Matter? – Raffaella Sadun, EEA 2016
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in development economics, industrial organisation, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics
CIA field sabotage manual 1944 was an early classic in managerial economics. Identified countless shortcomings in organisations.
29 Jan 2018 1 Comment
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Organizations and Conferences
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Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.
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Make “speeches.” Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your “points” by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences.
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When possible, refer all matters to committees, for “further study and consideration.” Attempt to make the committee as large as possible — never less than five.
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Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.
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Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.
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Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.
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Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and urge your fellow-conferees to be “reasonable” and avoid haste which might result in embarrassments or difficulties later on.
Managers
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In making work assignments, always sign out the unimportant jobs first. See that important jobs are assigned to inefficient workers.
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Insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant products; send back for refinishing those which have the least flaw.
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To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions.
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Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.
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Multiply the procedures and clearances involved in issuing instructions, pay checks, and so on. See that three people have to approve everything where one would do.
Employees
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Work slowly
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Work slowly.
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Contrive as many interruptions to your work as you can.
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Do your work poorly and blame it on bad tools, machinery, or equipment. Complain that these things are preventing you from doing your job right.
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Never pass on your skill and experience to a new or less skillful worker.
Peter Principle
06 Dec 2017 1 Comment
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Open offices are overrated
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Graphic that was not published with my op-ed in the @NZHerald
28 Sep 2017 Leave a comment
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Op-ed is here.
Source: MSD, Household incomes in New Zealand: Trends in indicators of inequality and hardship, 1982 to 2016; graphic at https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/cJKvY/1/
Why a messy desk can make you more productive at work
12 Sep 2017 Leave a comment
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The nuances of the gender pay gap
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Supervisory and monitoring costs and occupational segregation by sex
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Published: Goldin, Claudia. “Monitoring Costs and Occupational Segregation by Sex: An Historical Analysis,” Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 4, (January 1986), pp. 1-27.
Dead Wrong™ with Johan Norberg – Nordic Gender Equality
20 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
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How Budget Airlines Work – YouTube
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in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, personnel economics, survivor principle, transport economics Tags: entrepreneurial alertness
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