tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post7132918757554770093..comments2024-03-29T06:37:18.029-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Management 101, 201, 301, and 401Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-7296419944348283162008-07-27T17:12:00.000-04:002008-07-27T17:12:00.000-04:00"The only role of management is to create an envir...<I>"The only role of management is to create an environment where people left to their own devices and unsupervised are most likely to engage in behavior that advances the goals of the organization."</I><BR/><BR/>My gosh...that statement is an absolute treasure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-45916399387737046682008-07-24T00:08:00.000-04:002008-07-24T00:08:00.000-04:00This reminds me, clear as a bell, of Robert Townse...This reminds me, clear as a bell, of Robert Townsend in <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Up-Organization-Corporation-Stifling-Strangling/dp/0787987751/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product" REL="nofollow"><I>Up the Organization</I></A> in the Sixties. If you don't have a copy, I may still have mine. Short, and a great read. (Very lippy, though!)<BR/><BR/>He empowered middle managers before anyone had heard the word, and said his main job was to get people what they needed, carry water for them, and get out of the way. <BR/><BR/>As he took the top job at Avis (which was being driven out of business by Hertz), people said his first task was to ditch all the losers. Instead within a few years an acquisition team said they'd already found four or five solid candidates for general manager.e-Patient Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608258246509102466noreply@blogger.com