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Beware Using Email To Deliver Important Information

The Horizons Tracker

Communication is one of the key roles of a manager outlined by Henri Fayol in his classic work on the key functions of management. For instance, research from Tel Aviv University’s Coller School of Management found that using emoticons can diminish the signals of power we give to colleagues.

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The Role of a Manager Has to Change in 5 Key Ways

Harvard Business Review

For almost 100 years, management has been associated with the five basic functions outlined by management theorist Henri Fayol: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Learning, not knowledge, will power organizations into the future; and the central champion of learning should be the manager.