As part of the preparations for the Stoos Gathering I am collecting models, values and principles for management. Maybe you can help me?
There is of course my own Management 3.0 model:
- Energize People
- Empower Teams
- Align Constraints
- Develop Competence
- Grow Structure
- Improve Everything
And there are the principles of Steve Denning's Radical Management:
- The goal of work is to delight clients.
- Work is conducted in self-organizing teams.
- Teams operate in client-driven iterations.
- Each iteration delivers value to clients.
- Managers foster radical transparency.
- Managers nurture continuous self-improvement.
- Managers communicating interactively through stories, questions and conversations.
Of course, several famous management experts have offered their own models. Henry Mintzberg described his six-plane model:
- Action
(doing and dealing) - People
(leading and linking) - Information
(communication and controlling)
Gary Hamel came up with his five principles:
- Life (variety)
- Markets (flexibility)
- Democracy (activism)
- Faith (meaning)
- Cities (serendipity)
And Toyota offered a very simple set in the Toyota Way:
- Respect for people
- Continuous improvement
But let's not rule out the greatest management thinkers of the 20th century. For example, Peter F. Drucker said there are five tasks for managers:
- Set objectives
- Organize
- Motivate and communicate
- Measure
- Develop people
And W. Edwards Deming's 14 principles were described in Out of the Crisis:
- Create constancy of purpose.
- Adopt the new philosophy.
- Cease dependence on inspection.
- Minimize total cost.
- Improve constantly.
- Institute training.
- Institute leadership.
- Drive out fear.
- Break down barriers.
- Eliminate targets.
- Eliminate management by objective.
- Develop pride of workmanship.
- Institute self-improvement.
- The transformation is everybody's job.
Did I forget some important management models, values or principles? Do you know any others I should check out before discussing how to accelerate global management warming?
(Jurgen Appelo is author of Management 3.0, a best-selling management book for Agile developers. It has a picture of a monster in it.)