How to enjoy your work & succeed

By G Madhukar

B8-07

… Japanese way

About authors

• C.N.Perkinson was born on 30 July 1909• He is a British naval historian and wrote 60 books• He wrote world famous Parkinson’s law• He is worked as professor in various universities like Illinois,

Liverpool, Harvard etc.

C.N.Perkinson

M.K.Rusthomji

• He worked as top executive in TELCO• Wrote various books on management• He thrice won the Escorts book award for the best

management book of the year• He was also assigned the prestigious and streamlining the

entire administration of Andhra Pradesh

S.A.Sapre

• Worked as the chief executive of one of the largest and most modern printing organizations in India

• He Wrote around fifty books on management, cost accountancy and design etc.

• He is presently working as the assistant to M.K.Rusthomji• He got escort book award in 1985 co authoring the book “Art

of management” with rasthomji

How to enjoy your work & succeed

• Publisher: vision books• First published in : 1991• Present edition : 2006• Place of publish: Delhi• ISBN no: 81-7094-430-9• No of pages : 126

Contents

1. Important of objectives and details2. On making work interesting3. Redesigning jobs and organization4. Education for good work5. Time and energy management6. How to built an ideal organization

Importance of objective and details• Organization should define their objective clearly • No proper attention is given to achieve their objectives• The right things in the right manner• It is not enough to define the objective correctly it must be

translate into action• Example is mark and spencer • They sell all the goods at a uniform price• Don’t ask the price it’s a penny

Duke of willing ton ‘s three golden rules of management

1. “ My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day ”

2. “ A place for everything and everything in its place “3. “ I will get upon my horse and take a look, and then tell you”

• Failure to take care of details• Attention to small detail can produce excellent details• Routine and innovative work

On making work interesting• Dis taste of work• Divide work load to subordinate• Simplify and standardize• Plan your work• Eliminate time waste• Practice continuously• Routine work can be made beautiful• Work can be play

Enthusing subordinates

• Appreciate the work of subordinates• Provide feedback information• Be accessible• Encourage subordinates to participate• Look at mistakes in proper light

Redesigning jobs and organization

• divide the work according to employees mind set• Meaningful work• Restructuring work• Flexi time system• Workers participate in management• Quality circles• Innovate and allocate resources for long range needs of

company & customer• Adequate wages and salaries• Work place should look cheerful and healthy• Development of human talent

Education for good work• the job is the center of life• Aim of education for good work• Human life minus work is equal to zero• Without strenuous work, there is no genuine leisure• Work can be play and creative• It is work with knowledge distinguished man from animal

Time and Energy Management• Lost yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two

golden hours, each set with 60 diamond min. no reward is offered, for they are gone forever

- Horace Mann

• Time the scarcest, irreplaceable and indispensable resource• Time is equally distributed but energy and talent are not• Punctuality is the first rule of time managment• The need to take time log maintaining record how to actually

spend time• Identify the time wasters• Doing right thing in the right manner at the right time• Trying to do too many things at a time is wasteful

• Effective use of time depends on the capacity of concentration• Simple task must be done quickly without prolonging• Procrastination is wasteful• Interruption must de avoided• The urgent is not always important• Excessive information can cause confusion and delay• Effective communication, brief, clear and practical saves a

good deal of time and effort• Periodic assessment of progress can be helpful in achieving

the targets on time• Conducting training to educate the employs

How to build an ideal organization• Business is people• Training• Team work• Quality top priority• Basic philosophy• The suggestion program• Quality circles• Customer is a boss• Productivity-conscious staff• Plant maintenance• Marketing