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This 4 page report discusses the 1991 addition to the
"One Minute Manager" series. This book offer readers an analogy that is remarkably
appropriate for the over-worked managers in every type of profit and non-profit
organization. The analogy is that when a manager takes on a problem that does not truly
"belong" to him or her, the result is "a monkey on your back." Bibliography lists only the
primary source.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWmnkey1.rtf
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with William Oncken, Jr. and Hal Burrows) offer readers an analogy that is remarkably appropriate for the over-worked managers in every type of profit and non-profit organization. The analogy is
that when a manager takes on a problem that does not truly "belong" to him or her, the result is "a monkey on your back." That old clich? means that
there is something or someone clinging with the tenacity and strength of a monkey to a persons back. It is used to describe actual physical problems such as drug addictions
or some sort of illness, as well as the experience of being plagued by guilt, fear, or doubt. Obviously, any person in a management position has met those three "monkeys"
but the manager who is truly a leader knows when they dont "own" the "monkey" that is trying to latch on to them. Recognizing the Monkey When preparing his
or her lecture for employees, the student working on this project will want to consider the ways in which he or she will be able to make their point in
the most compelling of ways. This may mean using examples from the organization for whom the employees work or using a current news item which it is likely that the
vast majority of those in the audience will recognize. For example, recent news stories of corporate malfeasance or the ways in which the American President George W. Bush has put
the "monkey" of the claim of Iraqs intent to buy uranium back on the Central Intelligence Agency. Much more personal examples could include the manager who attempts to take on
an additional burden in terms of the overall operation of the organization in order to make up for an employee or fellow manager who is not performing their job as
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