MANAGEMENT
PHILOSOPHY
Robert Dela Cruz
PRT 3207
This slideshow will highlight ideas from my
personal management philosophy, as well as my
values, attitudes and beliefs about specific
management practices and principles.
These are some of my
Successful organizations have
Stay flexible, and be able
 Social interaction
to adapt to changes in the
 Intelligent and
workplace
informed
employees
Successful
managers
have
Promote a social and fun
 Trustworthiness &
work environment
dependability
Allow for people to make
 Consistency
mistakes
 Communication
Lead by example

MISSION AND VISION
GOALS AND VALUES
My intention is for some of these goals and values to show through
by the end of this slideshow.
THE TRADITIONAL KATZ MODEL
Increasing levels of management
CEO
While conceptual and technical skills are
important for all levels of management, I
would venture to say that it is the human
Conceptual
aspect that is most often overlooked.
Human
Supervisor
Class definition of management:
Technical
Getting things done through
people.
“The ability to deal with people is vital; it is the key to
productive management because it is primarily through others
that work is accomplished.”
- Edgington, 2008, Pg. 15
This relates to…
MOTIVATIONAL THEORY
I subscribe to neither of these, but rather:
Theory
X
Theory
Z
Theory
Y
• Manager believes employees dislike
work, arebelieves
unmotivated,
• Manager
adultsand
are must
socialbe
coerced
work.
by
naturetoand
work better when
interacting with each other.
Creating a sense of community and
willpeople
cultivate
• company
Manager culture
believes
like to
productivity.
work,
have creativity and imagination,
and are independently motivated.
*Similar to Collaborative Leadership Theory
- Arnold, Pg. 112
- Dr. William Ouchi
I believe there will always be people with Theory Y tendencies, but if your
COMPANY
CULTURE
is lacking,
…can
it creates
be influenced
a breeding
by shared
ground
values
for Theory
and goals,
X personalities.
as well as
organizational structure.
However, I believe it is largely cultivated by the manager and his or
her leadership style.
Hurd, Pg. 102
LEADERSHIP STYLES
My leadership
style:
Situational
Autocratic
include…
Bureaucratic
Situational
Implies that there is no “best” way to handle
every situation, but all decisions should be made
on a case-by-case basis.
Allows
Laissez
Faire for leaders to
Democratic
employ different leadership styles given the
unique variables that accompany each situation.
“You can’t work individuals by general rules.
Every man is a special case and needs a special
pill.”
George Lorimer, Letter XV of “Letters…to His Son”
Regardless of how centralized and hierarchical an
organizational structure may be, I don’t like the idea
of “top-down” management.
Employees should be allowed to make many of their
own decisions, thus empowering them to dictate
company culture themselves.
Furthermore, while I am a proponent of
situational leadership, it should be said that I
have more laissez faire & democratic
tendencies, on a day-to-day basis.
MANAGERS MUST HAVE THE QUALITIES OF
These people are a great source of
encouragement, but do not necessarilyAs
know how to provide direction for
improvement
Allow employees to make mistakes. Facilitate
learning & problem solving by providing
wellconstructive
as
criticism & avenues for growth.
Similarly,
MANAGERS MUST HAVE
QUALITIES OF BOTH
Managers
Ability to do
something the right
way
Communicate the
what and why
Leaders
Notion do the right
thing
Communicate the
how and when
Future casting
Maintain the
company
Develop the
employee
Create a vision
Manage employees
Stick to a vision
Lead followers
“The genuine ruler’s (leader’s) nature is to seek only
the advantage of the subject.”
Plato, from “The Republic”
That is, an effective leader leads in the best interest of his people.
While I have never held any management positions, I
hope to employ the skills I have gained from this
course in the future.
THE END
Quotes and ideas come from course material, as
well as:
William Ouchi & Theory Z:
http://www.enotes.com/theory-z-reference/theory-z-176920
George Lorimer, Letter XV in “Letters From a Self-Made Merchant to His Son”
Boardman, C. M., Sandomir, A. N., &Sondak, H. (2012).
Foundations of business thought. Boston: Pearson
Plato, Ruling as an Art in “The Republic”
Boardman, C. M., Sandomir, A. N., &Sondak, H. (2012).
Foundations of business thought. Boston: Pearson
Music: Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock