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Dev Randhawa discusses management traits.

It’s clear that managers play a key role in the lives of their employees at work and influence employee’s perceptions of their place of work.

Concurrently, an article published in the Huffington Post has outlined some of the best and worst management traits, looks at employee motivation and the creation of a ‘business culture of agility’. I’ve decided to react and summarise accordingly. Continue Reading…

Dev Randhawa discusses management styles.

A recent piece in the Huffington Post’s management section has laid out three poor styles of management for start-ups – I’ve decided to look at them and see if they’d have any use in a sector outside of the start-up sector, which is mostly focused on the wider tech industry. Continue Reading…

Dev Randhawa discusses management.

If a recent article in Fast Company is to be believed, it appears that traditional management is facing some pretty stiff competition from new trends such as ‘distributed leadership’ and ‘holacracy’.

In the last few years, companies have increasingly looked to using these new, ‘flat’ organizational structures for their businesses. Companies like Zappos, Medium and Buffer (all online companies, I might add) have adopted such structures and have seen mixed results.

I’ve decided to look into these new flat styles and conclude on their use outside of the more ‘cutting-edge’ online sector. Continue Reading…