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| How
and to What Extent Does Application Behaviour Influence
Senior Managers |
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Traditionally it is considered to be that the higher position
provokes a person to use it in his/her personal interests.
These considerations are applied practically in all spheres
of life, including politics, business, social structure etc.
In such a situation senior manager are referred to as a group
in which the risk to use the higher position is quite probable.
In actuality it is often the subject of numerous discussions
and arguments whether senior managers take personal advantage
out of applied theories and their position or not.
However, such statement is a bit incorrect since as a rule
senior managers take advantage out of applied theory and their
position it is simply the degree that differs. What is meant
here is the fact that practically all senior managers willingly
or not tend to use their position in their own interests but
what make them really different at this respect is how often
or how significant is the personal advantage of a senior manager
taken out of his/her position and applied theories.
Obviously the better the manager is the less significant his
advantage will be, or at least personal interests of a senior
manager should correspond to the interests of the organization
where he/she works. As a rule, the developed countries are
characterized by a high degree of effectiveness of management,
particularly in the top level. Mainly it is the result of
the professional attitude of senior managers to their work
that is traditional for companies and different institutions
operating in developed countries. The basis of this professionalism
is the priority of company’s success over personal position
of a manager, which implies that the manager puts the interests
of the company on the first place while his personal advantage
is secondary or even insignificant at all. In the same time,
the senior managers are often integrated into a company to
the extent that the company’s success means their personal
success and advantage.
For instance, they may possess a certain share of the company’s
stocks that makes it useless to use their position to get
some profit regardless the general situation in the company.
In the same time they are interested in the positive image
of the company, since it is a vitally important component
of the market success of the company and naturally to have
a positive image means not to use personal advantages of senior
managers’ position since they are the leaders of the
company.
In the same time quite a different situation is observed in
developing countries where personal advantages are of a primary
importance for all members of the society and the higher the
position is the higher advantages a person can take out of
his/her position. As a result, the companies and social institutions,
as well as state ones, are highly corrupted and senior managers
seems to be on the top of the corruption pyramid and exploit
their position in their own interests, sometimes making their
employees victims of their personal interests as a result
corruption, including bribes, harassments, and other negative
phenomena are quite common for senior managers working in
developing countries.
Thus, in conclusion it is possible to say that the more developed
is the country and the more prestigious is the organization
senior managers work in the less common are the use of applied
theories and their position to take some personal advantage
of it, in order to provide the company with a positive image
and have good career perspectives and vice versa.
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