ABSTRACT
The main goal and the desire of any person in a position to manage other people’s activity is to maximize their productivity. Without a doubt, machines, materials, and money are the basis of any industrial enterprise, but neither machines nor materials nor money can “work” without people. Managing people at work is not a part of the management process; managing people at work is the management as a whole. Regardless of the field of activity, managers work with people. A bank manager does not manage computers, safes, and accounts; a construction site manager does not manage machines and equipment; a basketball coach does
not manage game tactics and techniques; a ship captain does not work the steering wheel but nevertheless gets to the desired destination by managing the ship’s crew. Managers manage people!
