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How to Manage all those
specialists? |
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Companies these
days are dealing with many disciplines and with an increasing number of
specialists. As a manager it is nearly impossible to dominate every
discipline. But it is even not wanted, the specialist know what they are
doing. It is your task a s a manager to manage the overall goal of the team
or organization, without interfering (too much) with the content. |
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How business architecture can
help the manager |
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In our vision a manager should
know some basics about business architecture. Business architecture is more
than an overview of your business, although it starts there. It gives
insight in the most elementary parts of the business. By using some simple
architectural concepts it is possible to analyze the main characteristics of
your company's process. |
In the e-book "Business Architecture Explained," you will learn about the essentials of business
architecture. As a manager it is more and more difficult to lead and control
specialist unless you dominate all their expertise. A manager should however
focus on a more generic language in which he or she can steer complex
discussions and dialogues with many specialists in your team.
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The characteristics of your
business (model) are the fundaments of your management approach. After you
know the essentials about the business it is possible to concentrate on
management of this complexity. You want to control or sometimes lead the team
but you should use a language that is generic, that is understandable by
everybody. |
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A non-technical
language |
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A manager should not interfere
too much with the knowledge of the specialist and content of internal
discussions. But he must guide this discussion without going into technical
details. |
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In the e-book "Business
Architecture Explained," you will learn the basics about business
architecture. It will provide you a way to address complex issues without
going into technical details. |
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Complementary
online tool: Organization Assessment. |
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The organization assessment is
complementary to the e-book. The e-book provides information, the
organizational assessment offers a way to materialize the required knowledge
to manage by a set of organizational principles. |
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For if you
want to learn more about this unique management approach. |
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If you want to learn more or
start directly this new method, have a look at: the
management style guide. |