{"id":21547,"date":"2014-04-13T14:57:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T12:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=21547"},"modified":"2014-04-13T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T12:57:30","slug":"management-by-wandering-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/13\/management-by-wandering-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Management by wandering around"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Management by wandering around<\/a><\/p>\n

The term management by wandering around (MBWA), also management by walking around, refers to a style of business management which involves managers wandering around, in an unstructured manner, through the workplace(s), at random, to check with employees, or equipment, about the status of ongoing work. The emphasis is on the word wandering as an impromptu movement within a workplace, rather than a plan where employees expect a visit from managers at more systematic, pre-approved or scheduled times. The expected benefit is that a manager, by random sampling of events or employee discussions, is more likely to facilitate improvements to the morale, sense of organisational purpose, productivity and total quality management of the organization, as compared to remaining in a specific office area and waiting for employees, or the delivery of status reports, to arrive there, as events warrant in the workplace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Who knew that was a thing?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Management by wandering around The term management by wandering around (MBWA), also management by walking around, refers to a style of business management which involves managers wandering around, in an unstructured manner, through the workplace(s), at random, to check with employees, or equipment, about the status of ongoing work. 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