Managing

APPENDIX

Eight Days of Managing

OBSERVER:	Mr. R._______, we have discussed briefly this organization and the way it operated. Will you now please tell me what you do.
EXECUTIVE:	What I do?
OBSERVER:	Yes.
EXECUTIVE:	That’s not easy.
OBSERVER:	Go ahead, anyway.
EXECUTIVE:	As president, I am naturally responsible for many things.
OBSERVER:	Yes, I realize that. But just what do you do?
EXECUTIVE:	Well, I must see that things go all right.
OBSERVER:	Can you give me an example?
EXECUTIVE:	I must see that our financial position is sound.
OBSERVER:	But just what do you do about it?
EXECUTIVE:	Now, that is hard to say.
OBSERVER:	Let’s take another tack. What did you do ...