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25. “The best strategy for managing a business, or any enterprise, is to find the most capable people and give them as much authority as possible.”

Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.

Is the best strategy for managing a business, or any enterprise, to find the most capable people and give them as much authority as possible? This issue arouses much controversy between different opinion groups. Some may contend that there is no better strategy than finding the most capable people for managing a business, and others claim that the best strategy for managing a business means more than just to find the most capable people and give them as much authority as possible. While I agree that people are the key to the success of a business or any enterprise, in my view it is more critical to find right people for a business or any enterprise than to find the most capable people. Besides, there are other factors as equally important as staffing and empowerment for managing any enterprise.

Admittedly, people are the pivotal of any enterprise. In almost all aspects of business, from business strategy planning through the plan execution, people play a key role in helping the business succeed.  Without people, few businesses can be created. In this sense, people are the most important factor in business management.

However, it is the right people other than the most capable people that are the best to manage a business. Even if the people are not the most capable, they still can make good performance on managing business. On the other hand, the most capable people do not necessarily help their companies achieve their business goals. A very good example lies in a recent case of HP company: the recently-laid-off former CEO — Carleton S. Fiorina is undoubted among the top of capable people, yet she did not succeed in making another business breakthrough after the combination of Compaq and HP, and HP company under her management is still struggling in IT market while other companies, such as IBM, DELL, are moving forward faster than HP.

Moreover, when developing a best strategy for managing business, company needs to take into consideration other factors, such as the fiscal budget, the balance between the employee’s authority and obligations, and the like, besides issues of staffing and empowerment. Obviously, without sufficient budget, it is unlikely for any capable people to fully deliver their commitment to their companies. And, if the authority of the most capable people outweighs their obligations, the potential risk of their taking advantage of the authority and harming the company can not be ruled out.

In final analysis, because of the above reasons, which sometimes interweave into an organic whole and become more compelling, we can safely arrive at the conclusion that right people are more important than the most capable people to the success of a business, and companies need to take all relevant aspects into consideration to develop the best strategy for their businesses.

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No, it was my first simulation writing, so I didn't really pay much attention to the timing thing.  It propably cost me like one-hour to finish it. Too long,  I guess : ) . I will try to shorten the length.

Anyway, welcome any comments!

看了一下范文，重新修改了一些地方，欢迎拍砖！呵呵。

25. “The best strategy for managing a business, or any enterprise, is to find the most capable people and give them as much authority as possible.”

Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.

Is the best strategy for managing a business, or any enterprise, to find the most capable people and give them as much authority as possible? This issue arouses much controversy between different opinion groups. Some may contend that there is no better strategy than finding the most capable people for managing a business, whereas others strongly oppose this view of point. While I agree that capable people for the most part provide companies with excellent performance and great creation, in my view it is more critical for a business to find right people than to find the most capable people. Besides, there are at least three constraints to affect whether the strategy can work in an effective way.

To begin with, it is right people other than the most capable people that are greatly needed for any business. Right people refer to those who accord with corporation’s value. Even if those people are not the most capable, they still can make good performance on managing business. On the other hand, people with great capabilities do not necessarily help their companies achieve their business goals. A very good example lies in a recent case of HP company: the recently-laid-off former CEO — Carleton S. Fiorina is undoubtedly among the top of capable people, yet she did not succeed in making another business breakthrough after the combination of Compaq and HP, and HP Company under her management is still struggling in IT market while other companies, such as IBM, DELL, are moving forward faster than HP.

Yet, right people can not themselves guarantee the most desirable outcomes for any business. For the strategy to work effectively, right people have to be in the right positions – in other words -- a cohesive organizational structure is required. Of course, overly bureaucratic organizations probably stifle more creative productivity than they inspire, still individuals will be capable at some things but not others, so organization of efforts is always necessary to bring all individual efforts together into a coherent whole.

In addition to issues of organizational structure, at least two other constraints need to be taken into consideration when a strategy is developed -- the fiscal budget and the balance between the employee’s authority and obligations. Obviously, without sufficient budget, it is unlikely for capable people to fully deliver their commitments to their companies. And, if the authority of the most capable people outweighs their obligations, the potential risk of their taking advantage of the authority and doing harm to the company can not be ruled out.

In final analysis, because of the above reasons, which sometimes interweave into an organic whole and become more compelling, we can safely arrive at the conclusion that right people are more important than the most capable people for managing any enterprise, and companies need to take all relevant aspects into consideration to develop the best strategy for their businesses.

I rate it  5.5 !

Now I know I have to change my universal model.

BTW, I disagree with you on HP case. Fiorina was fired not because she lack of vision and strategy for HP, but lack of execution.  IBM is changing business model. The big blue is invloving in multiple aspects of business.  Well, these are out of scope.

Very good writing indeed.

Thanks, Joe11 gg!

Now I know I have to change my universal model.

Yeah, so do I !  

BTW, I disagree with you on HP case. Fiorina was fired not because she lack of vision and strategy for HP, but lack of execution.  IBM is changing business model. The big blue is invloving in multiple aspects of business.  Well, these are out of scope.

You don't agree to use this case in the context, do you? I really wanna hear more about your opinions, quite encouraging!!

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"Christmas comes a little earlier this year."

You have a very good concept to distinguish the "capable people" from the "right people". Regarding the HP/Compaq case, I heard from the radio when the board announcing the new CEO mentioned she was lack of Execution. But further details are still unfolding. I may not hold my stance in light of new evidence.

I think there're two aspects in this topic:

1> capable people

2> authority

You've only covered the first one. I'm not sure whether we should cover both? Or extend to all topics, is it necessary to cover all aspects mentioned in the topic or just focus on the main one?