The lighthouse manager circles around, focusing on one small aspect of the issue at a time, for less than a second, makes a snap decision ignoring the rest of the issues, then repeats 1 minute later making and entirely new snap decision. Result: project goes nowhere.
Manager: Why is that in Red?
Staff: it's the customer requirement.
Manager: but their logo is blue.. make it blue!
Staff: typical lighthouse management, it will be green tomorrow!!
Staff: it's the customer requirement.
Manager: but their logo is blue.. make it blue!
Staff: typical lighthouse management, it will be green tomorrow!!
by Bend Over Here It Comes Again April 26, 2014
Get the lighthouse managementmug. "Lauren is such a problem manager, she takes care of everything and is the best manager we have ever seen EVER"
by CClense456 July 27, 2022
Get the Problem Managermug. The idea that one person can send five emails in one night and look like a superhero or on funny email chains they can end it with one very inapporpriate one. And he has small balls and tiny feet.
by Imasuperstar October 17, 2012
Get the Benchmark Managingmug. An old, time-honored management technique in large corporations.
1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
by Hot Licks July 21, 2020
Get the The mushroom theory of managementmug. Influence of technological development has totally changed our lives, especially in previous decade. This technological development has also affected education, which is, indeed, the basic constituent of a successful human being the fact that there are few exceptional cases. However, apart from the latest learning techniques that technology did bring in our society, the revolution of technology has done its noticeable in making the management of educational institutions much simpler, that too in an unprecedented way. The major method for such a simplification is the use of a web based school management software or school ERP systems, which would possibly help the school management in tremendously increasing the pace of management of an educational institutions. Actually, web based school management software is an integrated set of software modules and another parts for simplifying the management of an educational institutions.
by IFCON SchoolPro May 10, 2016
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by nem- December 20, 2023
Get the Upper Managementmug. Senior Management Action Plan is a path for lateral hires to be inducted in senior positions in a company. This includes exposure to all verticals within stipulated time frame:
a) Customer Care -15 days
b) Finance -5 days
c) Human Resource -10 days
d) Sales and Marketing -20 days
e) Product Development -30 days
f) Business Strategy -30 days
g) Board Meetings -5 days
h) Programming -15 days
i) Customer Satisfaction Survey -10 days
j) Creativity -30 days
The intern is business ready within seven months.
After this the lateral hire is associated with a small team to develop, launch and market a small product all by himself or herself.
a) Customer Care -15 days
b) Finance -5 days
c) Human Resource -10 days
d) Sales and Marketing -20 days
e) Product Development -30 days
f) Business Strategy -30 days
g) Board Meetings -5 days
h) Programming -15 days
i) Customer Satisfaction Survey -10 days
j) Creativity -30 days
The intern is business ready within seven months.
After this the lateral hire is associated with a small team to develop, launch and market a small product all by himself or herself.
In Kalkie Integrated Solutions -the female leaders were inducted by short-term SMAP (Senior Management Action Plan)-thanks to Alphabet Inc
by Vishnu Ganrau Kartik October 20, 2016
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