[Column] Think of management as participation by all employees, not just the president alone.

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Participation means thinking for oneself, making judgments, taking action, and accepting responsibility. It involves suffering, enjoyment, joy, and a sense of fulfillment from being needed. In small and medium-sized enterprises, there are basic hierarchical levels such as owners, executives, senior staff, mid-level employees, and general employees. Although each has different roles, the effort of all employees towards the same goal remains unchanged. A common issue in small and medium-sized enterprises is that "the management's policies do not permeate thoroughly." This phenomenon occurs because there is no employee participation mindset. Recently, more companies have been creating management plans, but there are commonalities in the methods of companies where policies are not permeated or thoroughly implemented. In such cases, the owner creates the management policy, sets numerical goals, and then holds a presentation. While this approach is good for the owner in terms of summarizing policies and numbers, problems arise in the point of concretization. This is because the owner creates it alone, leading to the absence of the "functions of product strategies, tactics, and operations that embody the policy" within the company.

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