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Management by Missions
The core of the management system is the mission, the distinguishable
contribution an organization wants to accomplish. Every
person and every department contributes to that mission
with a specific participated mission. Every person and every
department should know how they can contribute to other
departments in the accomplishment of their participated
mission and what they can expect from other departments
as a contribution to the accomplishment of their own participated
mission. That is, in fact, what team work should consist
on, as Pablo Cardona explains, along with Helen Wilkinson,
in a recent article (21/3/2007) in The Economist Intelligence
Unit. In this new management system, another kind of leadership
is required: the transcendental leadership. Managers should
be leaders of leaders. Leaders are there to accompany their
collaborators so as they too can become leaders, agents
of change, in the service of the organization´ s mission.
Leaders are not supermen or superwomen, they are people
entirely identified with the mission of the organization,
who seek the identification of their collaborators with
that mission, not with themselves. With his management by
missions, Pablo Cardona links the management system with
leadership. Then, culture, leadership, and management go
in the same direction. See
Management by Missions: How to make the
mission a part of management, Problems and Perspectives
in Management, 2006, vol 4, issue 1 (and Occasional
Paper-07-11). Management
by Missions: First Successes (Occasional Paper
P-07-2). Dirección por Misiones (Deusto, 2005)
VIDEOS
BOOKS
- Dirección por misiones.
Ediciones Deusto, noviembre 2005, 143 págs. Cardona, P.,
Rey, C .
- Management by missions.
Palgrave Macmillan, April 2008, 224 pages. Cardona, P.,
Rey, C .
- En busca de la misión.
Alienta Editorial, Octubre 2008, 118 págs. Cardona, P.,
Rey, C.
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