A tribute to working Moms :)...

I wonder whether MBA case studies include stories of house management. I think one of the best places to learn the tricks of management is at home something that our Moms have been mastering day in and day out especially if they are working Moms.

There are different forms of management displayed at home, the simplest being managing your own house and the most difficult being managing a house where you are actually sharing the roof with different individuals.

If you are a house wife then that is the simplest form of house management, the house is run at your own wish and command and you are your own boss and you are the person you need to manage, with maybe a little help from your spouse and kids and maybe your in-laws and so on.

But with the nuclear family scenario being the new fad, its mostly you, and your little nuclear family.

The next is being a working Mom, I really wonder how working Moms manage their house. Its so much simpler here as most of the things are pre processed and buying, stocking, cleaning etc are really easy tasks.

But back home things are not this simple, so its really a challenge to manage your house, take care of your kids, manage your work environment and handle your family life in general. Its really marvelous how they manage it.

Kudos to you guys for having been through all that trouble and for having done such a wonderful job of getting where you are today despite the troubles and hurdles life poses. A special thanks to my Mom and what better day could I have chosen.

The third is the scenario I am in right now, living away from home. After having been pampered at home, after having played the kiddo role at home, with Mom/Dad being there to do everything, I am standing in this place far away from home, where I have to do all these mundane routine house management tasks alone.

The challenge is in getting the groove going when you are actually sharing the place with different individuals. Each person has their own way of doing things, each person has a different upbringing, each person has their own priorities and each person has a different way of managing things at home.

It is especially difficult when people are new to the 'do it your self' life style. For some reason unkown to me, back home every household has a servant so every child is so used to having the servant take care of most of these day to day chores that it is very difficul for them to adapt to the 'do it your self' life style.

So well how do you actually work on the 'keep the house you stay in tidy' moto when your dealing with people who have hardly done all this back home. Challenging isnt it? Pretty much a scenario where you are in charge of a team and the people under you are reluctant to work.

Now you dont want to boss around anyone and break anyone's heart and at the same time it doesnt seem fair that you do all the work, does it? So how do you get people to do the work they are supposed to do? That is what managing people is all about isnt it ?

So well there you go, I proved my point that one of the best places for learning how to manage people is right here at home :).