Management concepts Archives - Luca Dellanna https://luca-dellanna.com/post-series/management-concepts/ Thinking about thinking Mon, 07 Sep 2020 18:51:16 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://luca-dellanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-Site-logo-square-TaT-32x32.png Management concepts Archives - Luca Dellanna https://luca-dellanna.com/post-series/management-concepts/ 32 32 Teams are adaptive systems https://luca-dellanna.com/teams-are-adaptive-systems/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:38:38 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2411 Teams are adaptive systems. Workers adapt to the work environment their manager gives them.

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]]> Just In Time https://luca-dellanna.com/just-in-time/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:43:01 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2414 Just In Time is a management approach consisting in the removal of buffers to reduce costs and surface problems.

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]]> Lagging indicators https://luca-dellanna.com/lagging-indicators/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:44:50 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2416 Lagging indicators are measures of problems that already caused irreparable damage.

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]]> Leading indicators https://luca-dellanna.com/leading-indicators/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:48:26 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2419 Leading indicators are metrics that surface problems before they hit you.

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]]> Core Values https://luca-dellanna.com/core-values/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:50:07 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2421 Core Values are expensive tradeoffs whose worthiness managers must demonstrate with costly actions.

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]]> Standard Operating Procedures https://luca-dellanna.com/standard-operating-procedures/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 10:51:57 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2423 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are tools to surface problems.

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]]> Scoping https://luca-dellanna.com/scoping/ Sun, 06 Sep 2020 11:27:46 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2426 Scoping is the definition and communication of what's to be done, what's *not* to be done, and when the task is finished.

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]]> Training expectations https://luca-dellanna.com/training-expectations/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 04:00:49 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2432 Managers might or might not be the ones conducting training, but they must set expectations for who must learn what and what for.

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]]> Job descriptions https://luca-dellanna.com/job-descriptions/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 04:00:50 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2436 Job descriptions are useful because they are conspicuous. They also inform development. Good vs bad.

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]]> Spin-offs https://luca-dellanna.com/spin-offs/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 04:00:12 +0000 http://www.luca-dellanna.com/?p=2437 Spin-offs are innovation tools to solve an incentives problem.

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