Management By Wandering Around (MBWA)

Definition

Management by wandering around (MBWA), also management by walking around, refers to a style of business management which involves managers wandering around, in an unstructured manner, through the workplace, at random, to check with employees, equipment, or on the status of ongoing work, which was stated on Wikipedia as the definition. The importance is on the word wandering as an unplanned movement within a workplace, rather than a plan where employees expect a visit from managers at more regular or scheduled times.

As a Business Management major I came across the concept of Management by wandering around. It was my first time hearing this term; therefore, I wanted to learn about the concept benefits, problems and if its good principle

MBWA often come across leapfrog reporting, will immediately make leapfrog the command, and affect the normal decision-making and the work of subordinates.

Appearances: MBWA may cause some subordinates to work hard to meet the boss likes and needs, and the boss may be confused by some of the external phenomena.

These are Meetingking advantages for MBWA:

Advantages

Straighten Communication: Usually people start off or become afraid to speak to senior management, but with managers who walk around the office they may feel more comfortable speaking to them. As a manager you don’t always know what people think; therefore, if an informal discussion takes place about work, pastimes or anything else that comes up the coworkers would feel more comfortable speaking to managers when they have questions, concerns, what can be improved or new ideas for the company.

Understand the Situation: If something goes wrong in sales, productivity or it takes too long to finish a project. The manager walking around may get a sense of what’s going on and where to start in order to know how to fix the

He defines corporate culture as the pattern of shared beliefs, attitude, assumptions and values in an organization. Management style is part of corporate culture. Armstrong describes management style, “as the way in which managers behave as leaders and how they exercise authority. In addition, he states managers can be autocratic or democratic, tough or soft, demanding or easy-going, directive or laissez-faire, distant or accessible…” I believe MBWA ties to management style because using MBWA would benefit the relationship with employees and improve not only communication and trust, but also productivity in the