MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION
There
is a skimming through life at a fast pace something like "live fast, play hard, die
young" and the way we learn and use new skills. Its just paperwork and the
mushy brain cells working overtime again, relax, calm down, chill.....
Learning comes only into the equation in work when its "what's in it for me?" attitude it stops when employees get the job or promotion and can this be right for company growth? I thought books and other media containing information was created from a brain useful for communication and gaining insightful knowledge if not then what was the mind invented for?
The real learning for any business to grow starts with
"I think...". Then if not why and what are they really being employed to do. For any employee satisfaction to enhance productivity is the reason you don't teach and learn from the nose but by the hand. When the words flow in your mind are you speaking them as a she or a he? Non. Its the knowledge of what you are reading that you are taking in and not a genderised viewpoint.For example to quote out of a book "....Learning of any kind is useful, and you have a great deal to learn. The sooner you get the habit, the better"...
(1).Quotes are relevant in knowledge and administration especially if its sums up the management solution/problem and stated much better. Also they don't always come out of business books (that's why books are called a resource). Or why else would authors write and think if their words are never used.
In regards to comprehension I have
noticed businessmen have followed the Americanism trend in "speedreading" which
is a poor skill to advocate in following any train of thought or key words/points in what
is written or spoken. Therefore in business, no wonder so many missed opportunities and/or
lack of observation are made.
Also I have found people do not re-read what they or others have written which means they have inconsistencies in their responses from their previous replies to other businessmen.
An article stated there will be a new organisation called International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and their function would be to bring to the media a global perspective the same way business has become global and "...when they hear that 8 million documents have to be combed through, [they] do not rush for the exit, but reach for their highlighter pens...."
(2)Therefore this would reflect what is also occurring in the business world; which is why its important to employees as much as the businessmen to be aware of when compiling their own documents and reading reports generated by others.
I think if you have a profession such as Public Relations or a journalist etc (its seems they still don't communicate with each other - I wonder why?) there should be a standard when writing articles or press releases. So I agree with Jeff Randall editor commentary
(3) and others who have also said this again and again in the past....check.
The readers of these press releases,
contracts and newspapers if they really wanted to know what the words mean which might be
important especially if it leads to a business deal that you'd buy a Latin or French
dictionary before you send the articles out or sign a deal and not always take it for
granted that you understand the implications.
Therefore consult those dictionaries, thesaurus and ask - sometimes yes - you'll still make errors.
However unless the skills of reading interpretation is refined and honed as a daily routine you'd find people make decisions and judgments they wouldn't have made if they had re-read the contracts and reports etc., in business.
REFERENCE SOURCES:
(1) Book 2 - Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings (page 262-264).
(2) The Guardian Newspaper, Monday 31st January 2000.
(3) Sunday Business Newspaper, 12th September 1999.
"Don't Sweat the Small Stuff At Work" (Working Mother Magazine, issue April 1999, page 27).
Mysteries of the Alphabet by Marc-Alain Ouaknin.
Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.
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