Management, efficiency and implementation of strategies

The ideology and politics can enhance the effectiveness of an organization or undermine it. The ideology instilled in other settings can be a revitalizing force, strengthening the organization and making their people more responsible.

Henrry Mintzberg (1991)

Management to adequately perform the functions required to the present time, requires Efient, creative, innovative, able to manage the changes that are occurring now and those that must be made to face the challenges and to seize opportunities.

We are not surprised to hear in organizations, expressions of some managers, it is necessary to achieve the mission, philosophy of the company, set goals, become more efficient, ensure productivity according to the requirements of this demand requires. The need to be identified with the organization and fulfill the functions for which they were hired to commit to maintain the latent motivating force which would give the best of the best, not only to every member of the company but the entire group to ensure good results.

Consider that the efficiency, according to Herbert Sinon (administrative behavior) is a term that has no value, in their words is completely neutral, but has much meaning in their results. Mintzberg reminds us that Simon defined the criterion of efficiency as the one who dictates the choice of alternative that produces the best result for a given resource extension (Administrative Behavior). In other words, being efficient means, make the most of any goal that the organization wants to achieve-for example, the maximum growth, more satisfied employees, or the highest quality products. Efficiency means maximum benefit for a given cost: As is known, and reminds us Mintzberg, resources are always limited in a competitive world, efficiency is a logical target for all organizations, indeed for any human enterprise. Hence, some questions that fit our national leaders must answer such as: Are our business efficient? Do you consider yourself an efficient manager? What are the main obstacles that hinder or prevent the achievement of efficiency? Do you have the appropriate human resources to achieve efficiency, the technical resource? Do you have an organizational climate, organizational culture itself that would achieve efficiency?

Do you have original models according to the needs required by our scenario? Have you established policies, strategies to facilitate the achievement of efficiency?, Among others.

Mintzberg adds us also in the efficiency analysis should be considered that the practice of efficiency means the maximum measurable benefit, efficiency is demonstrated proven efficiency and above all calculated efiencia The cult of efficiency is the cult and this calculation should be monitored, it is something that a good leader should never neglect.

Mintzberg also states, in practice, efficiency is associated with a particular value system. Precisely, the call to be efficient is called to calculate, which indicates calculate economize, ie, treating social costs as externalities, and also to allow the economic benefits to social move.

In the limit arises pillar efficiency of an economy that is devoted to the economic objectives, sometimes with immoral consequences.

In fact, that in the very competitive reality scenarios, such as the Venezuelan case, full of uncertainty, risk, requires an efficient management, that supported modern knowledge management and used tools that permit the production strategic plans to ensure good results, as well as how to interpret what it claims and requires the organizational environment, and make way for new paradigms necessary., must give way to manifest an organizational culture where efficiency benefits to surface in of all.

We invite you to keep in mind, as highlighted by Hill and Jones (1996), that organizations are not only rational system of decision-making where managers coldly calculate the potential returns on their investments. Organizations are areas of power, where individuals and groups struggle for prestige and possession of scarce resources. In pursuit of interests, managers competing and conflicting and often this hurts efficiency to the same organization. The leaders, leaders, managers must deal with the politics and conflict in a creative way to achieve organizational benefits from them. It also has to manage the organizational change process so that the company can achieve its efficiency and maximize their ability to exploit the environment.

Hill and Jones added that the most successful companies are those where the change is considered a standard and managers constantly seek to improve organizational strengths and eliminate weaknesses so as to invite the person to be more efficient, to maximize future profitability.

Finally, we invite you not to neglect their organizational climate and organizational development, to be vigilant in its continuous improvement and raise the organization's members that spirit of efficiency that is latent in them. Find out also what is the best way to achieve good efficiency and the strategies to follow to place the company in an advantageous competitive position. Do not neglect it.

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