DEPARTMENT SUCCESS

Department success is a combination of many factors and personal characteristics, but being an organized person is certainly one of them. It is especially true of supervisors because only those who can organize a small department can organize a larger operation. The sooner you demonstrate to your superiors that you have the ability to organize yourself and your department, the sooner you will start your climb up the organizational ladder.

As a way to review, let's now apply the formula to a single case involving JoAnn, a young bank manager. She has been a manager for only a short time and has been charged with the responsibility of opening up a branch in an enclosed shopping center. How might the formula apply to her?

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