2.4. Management of an Accommodation
Once you have created your own accommodation you have to manage it efficiently in
order to make sure the objectives are realised. In a private company the main objective
will be the economical result: how much money do you gain? Management is focused
on achieving ‘production’. As long as you are the only one working in
your accommodation, good management is enough to make a successful company. If you
get employees, you do not only need management skills, but also you must have the
capacities of a leader. A leader tries to modify the attitude of other people, e.g.
let them work together efficiently. Not only production is the objective of a good
leader, but also maintaining an excellent working spirit among all employees, creation
of efficient ways of co-operation within the company etc. In this unit on management
we will briefly discuss some styles of managing your company and dealing with your
personnel. There are many books written on management and leadership. We do not
pretend to give you an overview of all the theories, but just will give a short
introduction of those facets of management which may be useful when you start.
