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Week 1 - Second Collaboration Discussion Dear Class: This is our Second Collaboration Discussion topic. Each week I will post the topic that should be addressed in this discussion. To begin, I would like you to describe whether or not you have managed any other individuals either with your emp...

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Week 1 - Second Collaboration Discussion
Dear Class: This is our Second Collaboration Discussion topic. Each week I will post
the topic that should be addressed in this discussion. To begin, I would like you to
describe whether or not you have managed any other individuals either with your
employment or through volunteering. Then describe the type of management style that
you believe you have, i.e. autocratic, dictatorial, democratic and why you believe that is
an effective way to manage. At the end of this course, you will then compare this
discussion with your thoughts at the end of the class.
For example: I have managed many different departments under very different
circumstances. I describe my management style as democratic autocratic. In other
words, when circumstances and time permits I solicit input and implement ideas and
variations as needed; however, if circumstances are urgent or emergency, then
management becomes autocratic. No matter how much we may want to involve our
employees, peers or colleagues in our decision making processes, we are still the one
who must make the final decision and decide the direction.

, Judith Latham
Oct 27, 2019Oct 27, 2019 at 10:53pm

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HI Professor and Classmates,
Throughout my career, in NY I did manage others, at the beginning of my careers in
the late 80's early 90's, fresh out of (back then it was called secretarial/business
college), I worked as an administrative assistant, and I managed my boss' life, but I
took my Associates degree and after my first job where my boss taught me that you
need to learn everything about the company you work for and learn everything you
can about the department you are in, I began to work in technology this was when
Windows and MS Office, Wordperfect, Email and the Internet were just coming
about, even the first computers had just been out, scary thought right? I started
there as an administrative assistant again to the IT Director and he said learn
everything you want I will send you to every class you want to take, and I took full
advantage and I was able to work the biggest project the company had we basically
recreated the backbone of the companies software, I was the project manager,
working with Anderson Consulting and with my boss at Standard Microsystems, I
was able to work with the top executives and prove myself, after that 3 year project
implementation was in place I was promoted to a client services manager and give
the training department and I trained the entire company on all of our new software,
had the help desk and the desktop support group, and I worked hand in hand with
the network support manager who taught me everything I wanted to learn about
being a network geek. (did not go to school for anything about network but the
company I worked for made the chips and boards). After another few years I was
recruited to work for JP Morgan Chase and I went to work for them as their support
desk manager and within 6 months they "releveled" me and put me in charge of the
support desk, desktop support and network support and made me an Assistant Vice
President. I burned out quickly on technology when it became obvious that my life
was not my life, and I was recruited by a start-up that was a spin off software that
Chase built, silly me a start-up was worse but I learned even more there (lesson
learned back in the 90's learn all you can) I was working with an incredible CEO and
General Counsel, as well as the Marketing people, but I was recruited by a trade
show company, and I found a career I loved, the creativity when working with
someone designing a trade show booth and working with the different clients I loved
that, I worked for Skyline Displays, for 3 years with one owner who also had another
company called Fossil Industries and we designed outdoor and indoor signage we
did the ESPN TV studios, Disney theme parks, all of the National parks, and I
managed their production facilities, when they sold Skyline I went with that company
as I was more valuable to the new owner, there I learned from him about sales and
more about marketing and I quickly became the account manager for the major
accounts but I also became the assistant GM and I managed the office as well as
the warehouse, I was also running union carpenter and electrical crews not only in
NYC at the Javits and other show halls I was runing them all over the country and
internationally. In this position I was autocratic because I had to get a client's booth

, up, if there was a creative decision that had to be made then it would be
democratic. All of this before I received my bachelor's degree.
When I was at Standard Microsystems I would say I learned more about how to
become an effective leader and manager than anywhere as I worked with an
incredible IT Director (not the original one, he retired and they replaced him with
someone that they then fired and then put in place one of the internal people in the
department who I had worked with for a few years and we were friends, she and I
learned the lesson of separating business from personal, I also had an incredible
mentor there in the CEO he took a personal interest in my career as I was the
person who always worked with him on his computer issues, and he taught me how
to be a fair and honest leader, someone that the people that work for you are able to
look up to and trust, and he always made sure that I was doing what he expected of
me and kept me on my toes, but also would let me know if I let him down. It was
right after he announced his retirement that I mysteriously received this call about
the job at JP Morgan Chase, I have always wondered if he was looking after me).
As for my current position where I work, I have a GM who I report to, and then we
have a front office "supervisor" and I say it that way because she doesn't have
management skills and doesn't have leadership skills, she was given the position
because she needed to make more money. Our current GM is looking to relocate to
Hawaii in the next year and when we did my review said I know she cannot handle
the position but I am not sure how I handle this, I said well if she cannot handle the
position why would you recommend her for it? She said I know you can but I will
have to teach you everything and how do I tell her this after she is expecting she will
get the position, for me, it is what is good for the company. Since I have been here I
have done nothing but make improvements in the front office/desk operations and
made things function much more efficiently and saving money.
I describe my management style as democratic autocratic, it depends on the
situation. For instance when I worked in IT if a server had an issue and it had to be
taken down I would make the decision I would not ask if someone else thought it
should be taken down I was the person in charge of the department, no one else
was, I had a VP above me, but he relied on me to make the decisions and then to
consult him.
Currently, in the position, I am in I am given the authority to make a certain amount
of decisions before calling our GM, and if there is something that is after a certain
hour at night unless the resort is on fire I will make the decisions.
Judi
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Collapse SubdiscussionDarrell Gordon

, Darrell Gordon
Oct 28, 2019Oct 28, 2019 at 9:03am

Manage Discussion Entry

Professor & Class –
While I served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a senior enlisted non-commissioned
officer, I had several opportunities to lead (manage) junior level Marines. I would
say during those periods my management style started off as entirely autocratic and
evolved into more of a coaching leadership approach. As I evolved, I realized the
importance of recognizing everyone’s strengths and weaknesses and the
importance of providing motivation to seek self-improvement.
During my civilian career as an IT developer, I managed and let many development
projects. My management style ranged from visionary, at times democratic and
during my latter years I would say transformational. Depending on the project (time
constraints, visibility, manpower), these factors would influence my approach. For
instance, I once led a project where we had to develop (for the first time) an IT Web
Service where no one had any prior technical experience. I tried to use a
combination of democratic and transformational approaches to get involvement from
all team members before critical decisions were made (design approaches, work
allocations, etc.). In the same instance I wanted to encourage team members that
although we had never had any prior experience with this technical approach, we
could all benefit our own personal development and achieve successful company
goals.
o




Efrain Espadas

Efrain Espadas

Oct 28, 2019Oct 28, 2019 at 9:27pm

Manage Discussion Entry

Semper Fi Darrel,
As a fellow NCO I relate top your leadership style. I think a big part of how we
developed as leaders has to do with the leadership style of the Marines who came
before us. I also started out as Autocratic and developed into more of a coaching
mentality with the mentoring of some really great Gunnys. It is interesting to me to
see how much your style of leadership developed into a democratic and
transformational style once you moved into the civilian sector.
o

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