MANAGEMENT - THE BRUTAL FACTS

Ongoing worldwide research shows that “insufficient management planning and control” remains the major obstacle to effective management. Year on year updates show this situation to be worsening. And even worse still - executive management do not recognise this as a serious problem !

Crucial to effective operational management is the existence and usage of a work control or management operating system which should incorporate those essential aspects of management which must form part of the manager's modus operandi - where achievement of agreed targets or planned objectives is the desired outcome.

The most effective work control or management operating systems must contain processes which will facilitate the following activities :

• Assessment, understanding and corrective or supportive action in terms of factors in the operational environment which are likely to impact the organisation.
• Assessment and understanding of the needs and preferences of customers which will ensure their retention and growth.
• Creating a business plan which contains those items crucial for successful running of the organisation - goals, objectives, strategies, plans and actions.
• Monitoring and reviewing progress to date against the business plan - with corrective actions where appropriate.
• Motivating, measuring and appraising staff in terms of agreed job responsibilities and targets.

The MFA Management Operating System has been designed and created by Bronson Management Technologies incorporating all of the above essential management activities necessary for the achievement of agreed targets or planned objectives and has been structured around three broad areas of management activity which support the critica operational tenets of best-practice business unit management  - 

OPERATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT

"In addition  -  managers utilising the MFA Management Operating System have been provided with a unique self-assessment tool  -  The Operational Readiness Assessment exercises which will permit management to test the effectiveness of it's management activities in line with the requirements of the MFA Management Operating System". "This operating system is not text book theory  -  but has been built on a lifetime of experience in management operating conditions where achievement of objectives and targets are not negotiable !" - Read more ...