文档介绍：Strategic Management/
Business Policy
The Wisdom of Choice:
“To try and fail is at least to learn; to fail to try is to suffer the inestimable loss of what might have been1>.”
Chester Barnard, The Functions of the Executive
Executive MBA Words of Wisdom from Experience
Executive #1: “My basic business philosophy is to do what is right [leading to] professional growth without expending others in the process. Integrity and experiences are about the only things that one takes to the grave. My life’s goal is to maximize integrity and good things will most likely follow.”
Executive #2: “What I feel is most important for the [management] profession is … providing future challenges and professional growth for personnel in anization.”
Executive MBA Words of Wisdom from Experience
Executive #3: “Catch people doing things right [and] reward [them]. Remember that all workers are “boss watchers”; thus, lead (don’t manage).”
Executive #4: “The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”
Executive #5: “Trust your instincts, sometimes it’s worth more than your training.”
Executive MBA Words of Wisdom from Experience
Executive #6: “Anyone who claims to have the [complete] answer is probably wrong.”
Executive #7: “Who you are as a person is largely defined by who you perceive yourself to be, not by what you do or what others think of you. It is hazardous to your physical and mental health to hold grudges and bitterness against others. Treat people as if they were priceless, because every person is. Learn to like the work you are given to do. Try to maintain balance in your life. Maintain and nurture work of friends.”
Executive MBA Words of Wisdom from Experience
Executive #8: “[I]n order to receive the kind of support I need [within anization], negotiation is the key. I can’t readily impose my goals on others. … That municating with … those I rely upon for support via their preferred medium (face to fa