THE BASICS
1. THE GREATEST MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE IN THE WORLD.
A manager once asked a member of his staff if she believed in reincarnation, indeed yes. I witness a demonstration every day at five o' clock when dead employees come to life in time to go home.
The message is clear. Inefficiency and waste are running rampant. And foreign competitors are breathing down our backs. We do have a choice. We can either find ways to work together more effectively or resign ourselves to living poorer.
Plz don't mistake this for the word of a prophet of doom and gloom. It feels very fortunate to live and work in the greatest nation in the history of the world. Our future is exciting and our potential for economic success is unlimited. But to reach those heights we need to make a fundamental change in the way we manage most of our organisations and the people in them.that change is what this page is about.
If you doubt that many of our public and private organisations are having serious problems, consider these facts:
*In recent years the productivity growth rate Nigerian's companies has been poorer than that of any major industrial nation, including Great Britain. And productivity rate is the key to increasing the standard of living.
*Every year our schools turn out millions of young people who lack the the basic skills necessary for success in an information economy.
*The quality & value of Nigerian goods in basic industries such as steel, automobiles and electronics have been surpassed by those of foreign nations with efficient , modern industries. As a result, Nigerians are buying more from abroad than foreign nations are buying from Nigeria, and wealth is being drained out of the country.
*No matter how much tax money our government collects, it just can't seem to balance the budget. Consequently, we face huge government deficits that threaten to shake the very foundation of our economy.
*Our public & private organisations have the highest number of managers per worker of any nation on earth. Yet when asked to name the leading cause of Nigeria's organisational problems, the overwhelming majority of managers answered ''poor management ''.
