WHAT IS A MANAGER TODAY AND WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE?

The stereotype of managers that we see nowadays, are that ones that still are considered as person that are never wrong, that never makes a mistake. Person that is at the top of the organization with all the power of choice, that is considered that couldn´t be fired and is percieved as really important so is gonna be secure in his position. I think that the manager is not accesible that much to all the employees. For me a manager should me more accesible to the employees and take in count their ideas, for example in Sofasa the executive board listen the ideas of the workers, and once a employee give the idea that in the same machine where paint the cars putting two twingos instead one could safe money, and was a succesfully idea, so a manager listen advices of all the co-workers dont loss the power, instead can see mistakes and achieve new goals.

MANAGER AS A HERO 

Throughout  the history, managers have been considered as a heroes and gods, in the ancient time people thought that leaders had divine power. Managers are considered as heroes for several reasons like:

• The power of choice that have inside the company, is the desicion maker.
• Represents the whole company, and  is a person in the organization that never makes a mistake, in conclusion is never wrong.
• The employees have the perception that the manager gives the money, still the preception is wrong.
• The advices or directions of the manager is easier to trust, for the wisdom that he represents.

In conclusion, the power that a manager represents, can create an absolute power and this one creates absolute distators, so power is an important issue that know how handle it makes excelent leaders and managers.

 

TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT STYLES IN BRASIL AND ENGLAND

There are three differents management styles (autocratic,permissive and democratic) and are focus in the internal environment of the organization, the differences between management styles in the both countries are not that much, both like prepared meetings, clear topics and make appointments at least two weeks in advance.

England people is more polite, likes to be on time, and arent closer that latin america, in the other hand, Brazilian are more relx, meeting usually start and end late, and likes to be closer.