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SOLUTION-FOCUSED
MANAGEMENT
MEETS TOMORROW'S NEEDS NOW
And
it fulfills some important aspects of these earlier approaches.
Taylor's
original call for a "mental revolution"of
cooperation between managers and their employees:
Solution-Focused
Management recognizes the value of employees as first-line
resources who often know more than they realize about how
to identify and implement the changes you need.
Emerson's
concern for the efficient use of time and energy:
Solution-Focused
Management is by far the fastest and most effective method
today for getting past problems and back to business with
a minimum of cost or slow-down. Emerson also insisted on
uniformity of method in the service of efficiency. Today
SFM is so "user friendly" that it can be applied
on multiple levels, and by a variety of in-house or external
agents, with an exceptional degree of consistency.
Mayo's
desire for attention to worker attitudes:
Solution-Focused
Management begins with those workers closest to the identified
problem, demonstrating respect for their experience and
calling upon them to find solutions. Its inclusive process
often leads to a natural resolution of oppositional attitudes
and other interpersonal issues as part of solution discovery.
Rogers'
emphasis on persons rather than problems:
In
recognizing that solutions come from people, SFM is person-centered
right from the start. Rather than micromanaging solution
teams, the solution-focused manager encourages team members
to inventory their own experiences, reflect information
among themselves, and home in on ways to make best use of
what works while letting go of what doesn't. In this way
the personal knowledge cache that each team member has built
up through experience contributes to solution discovery.
Maslow's
interest in workplace self-actualization:
Solution-Focused
Management allows everyone involved in the solution discovery
process (including managers, department heads, project chiefs,
supervisors, and line employees) to bring their own knowledge
and talents to bear. This leads to a greater sense of professional
and personal growth-and to increased appreciation of the
organization as a venue in which individual potentials can
be fulfilled.
Mintzberg's
recognition of the power of intuition:
Solution-Focused
Management expands the interplay between the manager's informational
and interpersonal roles, giving greater opportunity for
his or her own intuitive sense to operate when acting as
the leader of a solution-focused team. Intuitive input from
team members is stimulated as well, often based on their
own subconscious storehouse of pertinent information.
Fayol's
belief in bridges within and across organizations:
The
solution-focused manager communicates across as many sectional
lines as necessary to find solutions, naturally creating
a basic network of Fayol bridges which will surely be useful
again and again. Moreover, SFM adds solution discovery to
the series of managerial functions which Fayol believed
could be taught, learned, and mastered.
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