 Definition Management by Exception. Description.
Management by Exception (MBE) is a management style, policy or philosophy wherein
managers intervene only when their employees fail to meet their performance
standards or when things go wrong. If the personnel are performing as expected, the manager will take
no action. Time and effort should not be wasted focusing on employees or parts of the organization where things are going smoothly.
The term is also used to describe provision of information to management
in which only significant deviations from budgets or plans are reviewed as
the basis for corrective action. The object is to reduce the quantity of detail
contained in management reports and statistics to date on which action can
be taken.
In many cases, management by exception requires that the manager delegates specific functions to others who are part of the team or group impacted by the abnormal results. Within the scope of that employee’s duties, he or she will likely use processes designed to specifically address that deviation, while the remainder of the team continues to use standard operating procedures and practices to manage other company functions.
Besides a control technique, MBE can be also a motivational approach. It fits well into an organizational philosophy of employee empowerment, in which managers delegate as
much responsibility and activity as possible to those below them, stepping
in only when it's really necessary. In MBE, only decisions that cannot be made at a lower level is passed on to the next higher level.
The idea behind management by exception is that managers should only spend their limited and valuable time to important, more tactical or even strategic activities.
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 Management by Exception: Authority Without Accountability
Delegating authority without accountability leads to authoritarianism.
Accountability is to be able to answer for a performance to the source that delegated the vested authority. Accountability is a metric that embodies values, ethics, tr...
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Managing by Exception: How to Behave as a Leader
Reading this forum, my first reaction is to make a link with another topic which is very important for me: how to behave as a leader and not only as a manager?
I observe too often that top managers spend too much time managing the problems their...
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Is There an Art of Reporting Exceptions?
Does success or failure of management by exceptions depend on the way exceptions are reported. It could be language, timing, reportee selection or such aspect of exception.
Managers may share their experience on this aspect for better clarity an...
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From Exception to Contingency Management
If we can determine where the limit of management by exception ends and hand over its reigns to contingency management – i.e. ‘it all depends’ approach, then we have an answer to management issues in these unpredictable times.
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When Management by Exception Fails? Conditions and Situations
MBE is a very good method, but it cannot be the only way of control. It may fail to deliver due to some factors. I try to list some:
1. People are mostly afraid to bring out exceptions. "Who will bell the cat?" is often the reason for this. (Ed:...
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Management by Exception is Just One Thing..
Micromanaging should be avoided at all time. This is usually done by a manager who does not trust his/her subordinates and/or is incapable of delegating. We see this behaviour a lot from managers who are promoted without the proper training for the p...
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Combine Management by Exception with Kaizen
To avoid or minimize failures and to minimize exception, manager(s) must make improvements and changes on an ongoing basis.
To ensure these steady improvements take place, the concept of Kaizen can be used....
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How to Deal with Managers That Can't Delegate?
Management by exception has many benefits. But a number of managers don´t do it and also don´t understand if their subordinates apply this technique.
How to deal with seniors managers that deal wilth all matters themselves and are unable to dele...
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Requirements for Management by Exception. Prerequisites
I think it is a good approach, it is the approach I use, but the effectiveness of MBE will depend on the nature of the core business of operations and also on the experience of the manager.
Micro managing is always the downfall of inexperienced ...
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Disadvantages of Management by Exception
Disadvantages:
1. There is no generic way available by which one can differentiate important deviations from the unimportant ones.
2. Only an organization that has a perfect system of control will be able to employ the technique of MBE
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Management by Exception Special Interest Group
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 A Simple Start with Management by Exception
When I used to be a manager myself, if any of my subordinates came with a question, I asked them what was their proposal and if they had one, then we could discuss it.
If it was a good idea they were told to go ahead.
If they did not have a...
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Advantages of Management by Exception
Management by Exception is a management technique by which managers concentrate only on exceptional deviations instead of trying to correct each and every deviation.
The advantage of the technique of management by exception is that it allows th...
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Time Management for Business Managers
This presentation elaborates on the concept of time management and includes the following section:
1. Introduction
2. Why time management is...
Usage (application): Time Management, ABC Analysis
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The Fatal Coaching Mistake by Managers
Managers and executives often don't realize how much influence they have over their staff, by just being their superior. And by the perception employ...
Usage (application): Coaching, Mentoring, Management, Leadership
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Compare also:
Leadership Continuum
| Covert Leadership
| Transactional
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