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This blog is about management. I view management as the science of producing Value from Resources through Work. Resources include Space and Time. This process “moves forward” with respect to, and hence is driven by – Time.
As work gets more and more distributed (geographically) and decentralized, the more complex management becomes. Of course, the upside is that value can now be created orders of magnitude more efficiently. This means more money for more people quicker.
In light of this, I hope you agree that management is a very important science. In this blog, we will look at how technologies and methods are combined to better manage Work through Time. You notice I keep mentioning Time, that is partially why the most prevalent tools used for this were Time Management tools (or later Project Management tools).
Ten years ago, massive information systems like SAP and other ERP/CRM applications were managing the work and production of values at the world’s largest corporations. With time these systems were made available to small and medium business. Microsoft Office took the power of Lotus Notes to the individual and small business.
Then came GMail and Google Docs. Then Social happened, then everything changed again. And again. And again every 6 months…
Today, work is distributed and communications makes the globe immediately accessible. Work is now asynchronous, and new challenges arise pertaining to the building and maintenance of knowledge bases – as work creates knowledge along with product (and often knowledge itself is the product).
This blog is about all that.
I first started studying management as an Engagement Manager for a management consulting firm. We were providing clients with business intelligence based on ERP and CRM solutions.
We were doing this for ecommerce vendors along with financial firms. I was personally managing client accounts, usually with multiple projects (and project managers) per client. It got complicated some time, and I was always working 12 hour days. So I started learning how to manage my “work” and the work of others I was responsible. Lucky for me, the past 4 years have seen this field reinvented twice a year, there i a lot to learn, and lot to write about.