Tag Archives: Management

Agile development and change implementation

Posted on 8 May 11 by Scot

While I’m on the topic of change management and how it isn’t very different than plain old good management, I feel like I need to address one additional aspect that people often get wrong. Initiating a big change is hard … Continue reading →

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Change Management – Another Instance of Management 101 Getting it Wrong

Posted on 27 March 11 by Scot

Change Management is a idiom often heard these days where I work. I’m sure you know what it refers to – the process of implementing change in an organization and converting employee’s initial reactions of fear/anger/doubt to ones of discovery/understanding … Continue reading →

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Is Work Supposed to be Fun?

Posted on 31 January 11 by Scot

Well, it’s almost the end of January and I do want to get something posted before the month’s out.  Let’s see if I make it in some time zone, at least. Our work recently had an employee satisfaction survey taken, … Continue reading →

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Another advocate for Openness, Transparency, and Accountable Management

Posted on 28 December 10 by Scot

Somewhat recently, I finished reading Employees First, Customers Second by Vineet Nayar.  It was a very easy read since the techniques the author talks about using to restore his company to an industry leader agree a lot with what I … Continue reading →

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One year later …

Posted on 30 October 10 by Scot

Well, it’s been a year now since I started this blog.  I thought I should commemorate the occasion by writing something deep and reflective.  The problem is, I’m not very good at deep and reflective. So, you’re stuck with this … Continue reading →

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VWs in China and building relationships

Posted on 16 September 10 by Scot

Combining my interests in German cars, international relations, and general management, I recently read the book, 1000 Days in Shanghai, by Martin Posth.  The book is about Volkswagen’s initial journey to become the first international automobile manufacturing partner in China.  … Continue reading →

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Is project management enough?

Posted on 6 August 10 by Scot

I was reviewing some notes from a colleague’s previous class on project management when I came across the following lines that caught my interest: A business or organization cannot survive on project management disciplines alone. Project management is defined as … Continue reading →

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Who advocates for the Observatory?

Posted on 10 July 10 by Scot

I’ve been reading a book on corporate boards, so expect a few posts on astronomy governance coming up, starting with this one. I really knew nothing about how boards out in the “real world” operate, so reading this book has … Continue reading →

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