[Column] Why Can't Executives Manage?

I would like to introduce a column article.

It's not that they lack ability; they simply haven't experienced it before. The management style of small and medium-sized enterprises is that of a playing manager, who manages while doing the work on-site. To use a soccer analogy, it's like someone who thinks about strategies such as player substitutions while kicking the ball on the field, but in reality, there are no playing managers in the world of soccer. Employees of small and medium-sized enterprises become managers once they are capable of doing the on-site work. They do not select someone who seems capable of management from the start. Moreover, there is no management curriculum in Japan's compulsory education. Consequently, if students serve as captains in club activities during their school years, they learn methods through experience, but only a very small number of people get to experience this. In other words, many department heads are thrown into management without prior experience when they are told to take on the role. In large companies, employees receive various training as they are promoted to higher positions to prepare for their roles. If we think of it in terms of a driver's license, they obtain a provisional license and then challenge themselves with management, but small and medium-sized enterprises do not have that luxury and experience management for the first time in a real situation, so it is only natural that things do not go well.

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