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Management Styles

Strategy Driven

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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The Big Picture of Business – Corporate Cultures Reflect Business Progress and Growth.

Strategy Driven

As a reaction to industrial reforms and the strength of unions, a Hard Nosed style of leadership was prominent from 1910-1939, management’s attempt to take stronger hands, recapture some of the Captain of Industry style and build solidity into an economy plagued by the Depression. In this era, business started embracing formal planning.

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Beware of Short-term Management, Not the Short-term Investor

Harvard Business Review

Clearly, some of these traders could get very rich even while others lose money, but these trades — unless they influence operators within companies — amount to little more than robbing Peter to pay Paul. Operational decisions at the firm are often influenced by the short-term price.