is it necessary for a person to start at the lowest level of an organization and gradually move upward to become an effective chief executive in that organization? provide illustrations and site sample of stories of sucess.
2007-01-24 12:30:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Jeff, Traditionally you have to "pay your dues" in a structured organization. Yes, you can get a graduate degree or marry the owners daughter etc: and maybe pass the crowd.
It is best if you have the guts to step out on your own as a risk taker and start your own business.
2007-01-24 12:38:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While that scenario would provide a manager/executive with an excellent in-depth knowledge of the company, the reality of that happening, especially in recent times, has got to be slim. That's the way it used to work pre- and post-war (and there are many biographies about these sorts of people), but these days people are changing jobs much quicker, and sometimes the only way to move up is to move on. Expectations by employers are that managers and executives will move on and upwards, and in fact someone who has been at one company for a long time may be suspect! (How varied has their experience been? Are they too entrenched in 'the way things are done'? etc.)
Is it possible to start at the ground level and move up? Sometimes. Personally, in the late '70's I started worked as receptionist. Within 3 months I had been promoted to junior secretary. A year after that I was senior level secretary and had begun doing graphic design. At that point, however, my 'career' was stalled and I could not gain acceptance as a graphic designer, even though I had been doing it, and was studying it at university. I left and immediately gained a position as graphic designer/photographer for a media company.
A lot of the opportunities and acceptance are dependent on the employer/manager of the person intent on moving up.
Getting back to the root of your question - does a CEO have to have been immersed in the company from the mailroom on up? No. A good chief executive must have the ability to analyse and understand any organisation within a short space of time, no matter how long they've worked there. That is a managerial skill, not an organisation-specific skill.
2007-01-24 12:45:52 · answer #2 · answered by Deborah C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Promotion within the same company? It doesn't usually work that way anymore. Companies hire you from outside for lower tier roll x. In the same way, they routinely hire from outside to fill role y and z positions. Why not you? 'Cos you're an x person! This is not the rule, but it's the standard I'm afraid. That's why people move around from company to company. Get your start with x. Then switch companies and get a y position.
2016-03-14 23:32:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not. If you have the necessary qualifications you can start out as high as possible. As in how a graduate of the Naval Academy starts out higher than some one who did not go there. It all depends on what you have to offer.
2007-01-24 12:35:38 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
certainly not.
you will start out at the bottom if you are a business major. there are thousands of you. you are everywhere. you folks remind me of a bad ant problem. find a way to separate yourself from the crowd. this normally requires growing a brain and realizing the difference between business school theory and real life.
learn by experience. usually that means kissing *** in an entry level position for little pay.
2007-01-24 12:37:53 · answer #5 · answered by Cunohans 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think people who move up from low to high are more respected by their peers and also the people below them!It would certainly help moral they would say hey I can move up too.
2007-01-24 12:38:26 · answer #6 · answered by Jim C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not necessarily, a person can train or be interviewed in order to attain a job as management, or have a relative already in the corporation thta will give them a job or a person can start at the top by starting his or her own company.
2007-01-24 12:35:35 · answer #7 · answered by Kenya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, unfortunately it's not necessary, though it probably ethically should be. It's all about who you know in this world!!!!!
2007-01-24 12:34:34 · answer #8 · answered by Katiecat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your odds of winning the lottery are greater.
2007-01-24 12:35:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, depending on how UNIQUE the process flow is.
2007-01-24 12:34:51 · answer #10 · answered by MattyG 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋