Who is the director knows that. This director, manager, ie people, which is responsible to manage the company. And what are the duties of directors are also known. This is a strategic management and development company introduction of innovative technologies, etc. And what responsibilities in most cases small and medium business actually performs the director? If the company consists of one person, he is a director, manager, owner, an entrepreneur. Fall on his shoulders all the responsibility for managing the company and the full responsibility for the results. But companies tend to grow, enlarge, expand.
Appears staff employees, as well as all head and continues to purchase materials and supplies needed for the production, sale of finished products, finding new clients, recruit staff, delves into the current issues of staff solve them instead of employees taking responsibility for yourself, check product availability in retail outlets, organized the delivery of goods, etc. And this despite the presence in the staff responsible for procurement, sales, personnel, logistics, manufacturing. The company continues to develop, expand, increasing staff. And the director of all also continues to purchase materials and supplies, to delve into current issues of employees, etc.. The result of this administration is running a locomotive.
Steam locomotive – is the market conditions change, the characteristics of which are fast, and runs after him a director who has no time for a "heavy burden assumed by the duties and responsibilities "to react or anticipate changes in market trends. As a consequence, the negative financial results of the company. Director at a loss: working from morning to night is not hard, is quick to grasp the issues the company to the smallest detail, and the result gets very bad. Most managers start to look for the causes of such situations in the poor performance of staff increasing competition as a commodity, etc. Measures taken by managers to eliminate the negative effects often boil down to: punishment, the dismissal of "bad" employees, total control of all workers processes; tough reporting on each working day, the centralization of decision-making on almost all issues, excessive expansion or narrowing of the range; others. Such measures lead to more negative consequences, as the head more and more into the details and the details that do not allow him to raise his head. What can you advise managers who recognized themselves in a written situation. First: do not be afraid delegate authority to their employees. To be sure of quality, speed of execution of duties assigned to the employee must clearly understand their authority, responsibility and competence. Know the key staff understanding of their objectives, areas of responsibility, timely decisions to remove the double subordination. Third: it is necessary to develop a system of key indicators that can signal of adverse or favorable trends in the company. Fourth: to optimize the workflow in the company Finally, optimization of business processes, which lets you see the "device" companies improve the interaction of units and employees, "vertical" and "horizontal", increase efficiency and create competitive advantages to ensure the implementation strategy. All Director of the above steps will help to do their basic responsibilities – strategic management and development company. These issues are the organization can decide on its own or turn to third-party consultants (consulting company). Outsourcing allows an organization to engage consultants in the work of qualified staff in the right area, in addition, it will save considerable funds because they do not require the involvement of employees in the state on a permanent basis.