Business, Thought, and Management Articles --- Family Management Theory
Here we investigate and introduce family management. Family management is compact and functional. But sometimes it tends to be distorted that problems are overlooked. We feature the direction and the necessary mechanism of better family management.
Here we investigate and introduce family management. Family management is compact and functional. But sometimes it tends to be distorted that problems are overlooked. We feature the direction and the necessary mechanism of better family management.
How should the corporate management be? Should it be a simple organization that pursuit efficiency? Or should we enhance the bureaucracy adding variety of safety measures of the organization in order to eliminate mistakes or scandals.
Simple organization can make decisions very quickly. However, it tends to make risky decisions. Of course, since it is a simple organization, the failures can be quickly corrected.
On the other hand, when the bureaucracy of the organization progresses, it will be expected that failures of judgment will be reduced. However, bureaucratic organization tends to be very conservative and not willing to challenge the quite new business.
Another problem of bureaucratic organization is that they could not make correction effectively even they are going to a wrong direction.
Large companies that no longer keep up with the era of intense change, are suffering because of huge bureaucratic organization built up by themselves.
On the other hand, small and medium-sized enterprises that should be flexible and can make quick judgment, will be also exposed to a management crisis when the time changes greatly.
So, what about more small business organization, like family.
Family is simple and high cohesive organization, but the process of its business judgment is quite complicated. In addition, the organization will have become ambiguous and flexible roles. Depending on the decisiveness of management, the management direction is relatively easy to change.
In the era that are quickly changing, it will help activation and strengthening the adaptation of the organization by incorporating the family management thinking.
Because the era like now, it is important to incorporate the family management.
Family management has weaknesses. If you leave problems of family management overlooked, it will get stuck sometime since management remains distorted.
There are many issues in family management, such as autocrat, pressing unpleasant work, tendency to flow to easier direction, or being swayed by emotions and obstinacy, relying on just intuition and experience.
Here we make a research about feature and issues about family management. In addition, we will feature the direction and the necessary mechanism for better family management.
It is not intended to find ideal management or ideal management decisions.
Organization needs to respond to changes by repeating QC reflection or by resetting the past.
Also, honor the parents and ancestors, sometimes you should be sure not to spoil the family.
Here we research and feature about family management. Hope if it becomes reference for those who are looking for better management in the era that is tough to survive.
Cohesiveness That Ate Rice of the Same Kettle
Features of the family management which is more strong than anything else is its cohesiveness. It is a meal that the cohesiveness is generated. Foods are very influential to the psychology and relationships of people.
Flexible Roles
There are roles in the organization. Every member of the organization has his/her own role so that the organization can operate efficiently. In large organization, the roles are specified and written in manual in detail so as not to cause mistakes.
Determination
In large companies, members hold meetings, conferences again and again to make a decision about one thing. They take time, adjust interests of various sections, then determine one thing after several months.
Love and Dedication
There aren't detailed rules or systems in family management. Employees who are treated with love from management are impressed, and are willing to contribute in a tremendous spirit of dedication. Employees and managers are linked with love and dedication.
Direct Negotiation with the President
The company's financial state is up to the judgement of the president. The family management tends to be autocrat. The contents that employee negotiated with the president directly will affect largely to the management.
Harmful Effect of Autocrat
The family management tends to be autocrat by the president. The autocrat management can act quickly by snap decisions of the president, but there are various harmful effects for the company. Here let's see about harmful effects of autocrat.
Pressing Unpleasant Jobs
The company has more or less unpleasant jobs. Someone must do the jobs even nobody want to do them. Employees would start pressing unpleasant jobs each other if the roles and responsibilities who do what are not determined clearly.
Depend on "Easy Money Making"
Tough and painful situations come again and again when you become independent and start a smal company. Sometimes you may think, "why did I started such a tough business?" Management sometimes feel they want "easy money making".
Ruled by Emotions and Obstinacy
People have emotions. Managements also have emotions. People often take actions by emotions. And, when managements make decisions, they are influenced by their emotions at a certain extent. While, making decisions by emotions are quite risky.
Relying on Intuition and Experience
Management is continuous of decision on every day. When making decisions every day, management would doubt at various points. Every decision making may affect the fate of the company, the management must be very careful on making a decision.
Ideal Image of Management and the Decisions
Quality of family management is largely determined by the quality of the president. In order to continue the good management, the president must control his/her own feelings well. Therefore, mental training is important as the president.
QC Reflection
Various problems will occur when doing a management. Management shall make improvements by seeing problems as precious experiences to create better future. QC reflection is necessary for that.
Reset the Past
Some of the managers say, "the old days were good" many times. In the old days there were many customers, it was good economy, ant the environment was easy to do businesses. But now everything is gone.
Worship Father and Ancestors
The company president is the person to lead the company. He/she will have to be responsible for his/her employees lives and futures since he/she let them work. It is important to worship his/her father and ancestors to be aware of the responsibility.
Do not Spoil
After long years of management, there may occur various collusion between the president and the employees. Eve the employees make mistakes, they spend money privately, or they privatize company equipments, the president would carelessly overlooked.
