Delegation & Supervision (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

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The Factory Model of Management

YOUR MOST valuable tool for success is your ability to think with greater clarity than other people. The more mental tools that you have at your disposal to aid your thinking, the better decisions you can make, and the better results you can get.

The factory model of management is a mental tool that you can use to be more effective in your delegating efforts. You create this model by viewing each person, and each work unit made up of individuals, as a factory.

A factory has certain inputs (e.g., raw materials, resources, time, money, equipment). Inside the factory, production activities are performed. These activities produce specific outputs or what you might call results. The productivity of the factory ...