Administration industrielle et générale
Title: Administration industrielle et générale
Group: News; slight ryoshige
Genre: Gen humour; geek fic
Type: Multi-drabble, 1187 words
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don’t own any business theories or people.
Henri Fayol once said, “To manage is to forecast, to plan, to organize, to command, to co-ordinate and to control.” How News displays their superb management functions.
I wrote this mostly out of self amusement; I guess in a way it helps me revise for exams too (shut up, it makes me feel that I’m not actually slacking). And also because I notice nobody really writes business student/theory fics(no demand therefore no supply?); loads of Business/Office AUs but none of the former that I know of, so I did (I can’t be the only business major around, can I?).
Kudos to people who get the joke that is the title and the bizarre geek humour (some bits are horribly unfunny).
Henri Fayol once said, “To manage is to forecast, to plan, to organize, to command, to co-ordinate and to control.”
Planning
Environmental analysis
Yamapi simply stood there unmoving and scanned the surroundings. Shige could practically see the cogs turning in his head. Wow, no wonder leader was leader! He was carefully studying his environment, so as to best see strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Shige had so much to learn from him, yet when he looked around to see what the great one was scrutinizing, he saw nothing but the set up for a photo shoot. He tried again, slightly frustrated, but to no avail.
“Oi. Pi. Stop stoning; we’re having a Duet photo shoot, if you were wondering. And yes, today is Thursday.”
“Ah. Ryo-chan. You know me all too well.” And Yamapi walked off, leaving Shige in utter disbelief.
Decide on products and markets
“Nonono. I don’t agree. I think that would be unreasonable. The range is small and has a non-existent customer base.”
Now, there was management at work. Leader was making a major decision that probably involved their album sales or affected their earnings. Shige continued to watch his leader speaking tersely on his cell phone.
“No. Shut up Jin. I don’t care if the service staff is hot; their menu sucks and no one ever patronizes the restaurant.”
Resources required; how to distribute resources
“But Koyama-kun. I don’t think that’ll be enough.”
“Aah. Really, Massu?”
“According to my estimation, it won’t be sufficient.”
“Hmm. Leader, what do you say?”
“I agree with Massu. It probably won’t last, even if you consider other factors.”
“Darn. I thought I had enough to go round.”
Shige peeked into the studio, wondering what they were discussing about so importantly. He was greeted with what looked like fifty thousand boxes of Pocky in front of them.
“Shige-chan! Great, you’re here! I bought Pocky! We were discussing if these will last the entire afternoon meeting with the staff.”
How to compete
As Shige walked into the dressing room, he saw Leader sitting on the couch next to Ryo, looking at the laptop screen. Both men had grave expressions on their faces. Competitiveness was etched onto Leader’s visage and Ryo was the perfect specimen of intense concentration.
Aah. Shige thought, maybe they were eagerly awaiting the ratings for their respective summer dramas. He’d never thought they were that competitive; but certainly, that was good. A little competition never did hurt anyone, or so they say.
A split second later, Ryo got up and cheered. Yamapi just looked in defeat.
“Ha! I beat both your high score and Jin’s!”
The familiar theme song that could only be Super Mario suddenly blared out.
Organising
Arrangement of work; delegation
Yamapi looked fairly distressed and that led to Koyama being a bit distressed as well. And with that, everyone else in the room looked similarly distressed, looking at papers in their hands.
“What’s up?”
Shige peered at Massu’s paper that was closest to him.
“Leader has three schedules at the same time on Friday.”
Not something that was likely to ever happen to him, thought Shige wryly as he stared at their week’s condensed schedule for all the members. Indeed, there was a huge red block that represented Yamapi on the Friday slot.
“Can’t you move anything?”
“We were figuring this out. I wanted to let Leader have my three o’clock Orisuta interview slot, so that he could go before me, but it would end up affecting Tegoshi and Massu.”
He studied the paper and gave a long suffering sigh.
“I’ll do the interview at eight instead, so Yamashita-kun doesn’t have to rush if he takes my slot. And it wouldn’t affect anyone else.”
Everyone marveled. Shige was the smartest after all.
He was torn between feeling complimented and insulted as Massu innocently pointed out that of all the coloured blocks in the slots; Shige’s was certainly easiest to move.
Commanding
Directives/instruction
Smugly, Ryo leaned forward and said, “Buy me a coffee.”
“No. Get it yourself.”
Instantly, the killer-aura was unleashed; Shige felt it prickling at the back of his neck.
Koyama whimpered and Massu stood up, immediately offering to buy it instead.
Shige pretended to ignore the dark miasma and continued to read his magazine.
Tegoshi burrowed into Yamapi’s shoulder as if Armageddon were arriving. Yamapi mouthed ‘Save us’ to Shige, who rolled his eyes and reluctantly stood up. Just as he was getting to the main point of the article, he fumed.
“Black. No sugar. No creamer. Be back right away, Sir.” He mock-curtsied Ryo, who was all clear skies again.
Leadership style
“You. Are a Tyrant. A Despot. Dictator.” Shige spat as he answered the door.
“Your master?” Ryo added amusedly, while cocking an eyebrow imperiously.
Shige glared at him.
“You are insufferable.”
“I told you I was going to come over.”
“And I told you I’m not free.” He had lots to do; preparing for graduation was hard work.
Ryo looked at him with serious intensity and calmly put a hand on his forearm.
“Come on Shige. You get to eat; we get to spend time together. I’m very democratic; I can leave if you want.”
Shige flushed. Ryo and his stupid show of charisma still had the ability to do things to him after all this time.
“Ah. Whatever. Since you’re already here.” He grabbed the takeout that was in Ryo’s hands and headed into the kitchen.
Ryo just smirked evilly.
Co-ordination
Integration of activities; Using of committees
He looked at the whiteboard in absolute horror.
“Kei. Have you lost your mind?”
His close friend just cheerfully smiled.
“Isn’t this a grand plan?”
“This is insanity, I assure you.”
“Shigeeeee. Don’t be mean. It’s all for spreading Member-ai! Or in this case, Jimusho-ai as well! It’ll be fun and for a good cause.”
Shige didn’t see how Tegomass approaching KAT-TUN, Koyapi going to Hey! Say! Jump and Ryo and himself (appropriately named Ryoshige by Koyama) heading to the juniors would be any good for Jimusho-ai or fun or a good cause.
It might simply cause bloodshed, tears and heart attacks.
Communication tools/skills
The cell phone rang again and he didn’t even bother to look at the caller ID.
“What do you want!?”
“I’m bored, talk to me.”
“It’s four in the morning, Ryo. I don’t really care if you can’t sleep after filming because you have the day off, while I don’t. So goodbye, I’ll talk to you later.”
And Shige switched off the annoying communication tool.
Control
To get things done; use control tools and ensure targets are met
Everyone had a certain degree of control and power, but probably no one used it better than one Tegoshi Yuya.
“But… Shige.” His tone was choked and piteous; eyes watery and expression pleading.
He was damned manipulative and as much as Shige hated it, he couldn’t help but falling for the trap every single time. Tegoshi might as well have said ‘pander to me’ and he would.
“Fine. You can go shower first.”
Shige exhaled. Ryo was going to yell at him for being late for dinner again.
Group: News; slight ryoshige
Genre: Gen humour; geek fic
Type: Multi-drabble, 1187 words
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don’t own any business theories or people.
Henri Fayol once said, “To manage is to forecast, to plan, to organize, to command, to co-ordinate and to control.” How News displays their superb management functions.
I wrote this mostly out of self amusement; I guess in a way it helps me revise for exams too (shut up, it makes me feel that I’m not actually slacking). And also because I notice nobody really writes business student/theory fics(no demand therefore no supply?); loads of Business/Office AUs but none of the former that I know of, so I did (I can’t be the only business major around, can I?).
Kudos to people who get the joke that is the title and the bizarre geek humour (some bits are horribly unfunny).
Henri Fayol once said, “To manage is to forecast, to plan, to organize, to command, to co-ordinate and to control.”
Planning
Environmental analysis
Yamapi simply stood there unmoving and scanned the surroundings. Shige could practically see the cogs turning in his head. Wow, no wonder leader was leader! He was carefully studying his environment, so as to best see strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Shige had so much to learn from him, yet when he looked around to see what the great one was scrutinizing, he saw nothing but the set up for a photo shoot. He tried again, slightly frustrated, but to no avail.
“Oi. Pi. Stop stoning; we’re having a Duet photo shoot, if you were wondering. And yes, today is Thursday.”
“Ah. Ryo-chan. You know me all too well.” And Yamapi walked off, leaving Shige in utter disbelief.
Decide on products and markets
“Nonono. I don’t agree. I think that would be unreasonable. The range is small and has a non-existent customer base.”
Now, there was management at work. Leader was making a major decision that probably involved their album sales or affected their earnings. Shige continued to watch his leader speaking tersely on his cell phone.
“No. Shut up Jin. I don’t care if the service staff is hot; their menu sucks and no one ever patronizes the restaurant.”
Resources required; how to distribute resources
“But Koyama-kun. I don’t think that’ll be enough.”
“Aah. Really, Massu?”
“According to my estimation, it won’t be sufficient.”
“Hmm. Leader, what do you say?”
“I agree with Massu. It probably won’t last, even if you consider other factors.”
“Darn. I thought I had enough to go round.”
Shige peeked into the studio, wondering what they were discussing about so importantly. He was greeted with what looked like fifty thousand boxes of Pocky in front of them.
“Shige-chan! Great, you’re here! I bought Pocky! We were discussing if these will last the entire afternoon meeting with the staff.”
How to compete
As Shige walked into the dressing room, he saw Leader sitting on the couch next to Ryo, looking at the laptop screen. Both men had grave expressions on their faces. Competitiveness was etched onto Leader’s visage and Ryo was the perfect specimen of intense concentration.
Aah. Shige thought, maybe they were eagerly awaiting the ratings for their respective summer dramas. He’d never thought they were that competitive; but certainly, that was good. A little competition never did hurt anyone, or so they say.
A split second later, Ryo got up and cheered. Yamapi just looked in defeat.
“Ha! I beat both your high score and Jin’s!”
The familiar theme song that could only be Super Mario suddenly blared out.
Organising
Arrangement of work; delegation
Yamapi looked fairly distressed and that led to Koyama being a bit distressed as well. And with that, everyone else in the room looked similarly distressed, looking at papers in their hands.
“What’s up?”
Shige peered at Massu’s paper that was closest to him.
“Leader has three schedules at the same time on Friday.”
Not something that was likely to ever happen to him, thought Shige wryly as he stared at their week’s condensed schedule for all the members. Indeed, there was a huge red block that represented Yamapi on the Friday slot.
“Can’t you move anything?”
“We were figuring this out. I wanted to let Leader have my three o’clock Orisuta interview slot, so that he could go before me, but it would end up affecting Tegoshi and Massu.”
He studied the paper and gave a long suffering sigh.
“I’ll do the interview at eight instead, so Yamashita-kun doesn’t have to rush if he takes my slot. And it wouldn’t affect anyone else.”
Everyone marveled. Shige was the smartest after all.
He was torn between feeling complimented and insulted as Massu innocently pointed out that of all the coloured blocks in the slots; Shige’s was certainly easiest to move.
Commanding
Directives/instruction
Smugly, Ryo leaned forward and said, “Buy me a coffee.”
“No. Get it yourself.”
Instantly, the killer-aura was unleashed; Shige felt it prickling at the back of his neck.
Koyama whimpered and Massu stood up, immediately offering to buy it instead.
Shige pretended to ignore the dark miasma and continued to read his magazine.
Tegoshi burrowed into Yamapi’s shoulder as if Armageddon were arriving. Yamapi mouthed ‘Save us’ to Shige, who rolled his eyes and reluctantly stood up. Just as he was getting to the main point of the article, he fumed.
“Black. No sugar. No creamer. Be back right away, Sir.” He mock-curtsied Ryo, who was all clear skies again.
Leadership style
“You. Are a Tyrant. A Despot. Dictator.” Shige spat as he answered the door.
“Your master?” Ryo added amusedly, while cocking an eyebrow imperiously.
Shige glared at him.
“You are insufferable.”
“I told you I was going to come over.”
“And I told you I’m not free.” He had lots to do; preparing for graduation was hard work.
Ryo looked at him with serious intensity and calmly put a hand on his forearm.
“Come on Shige. You get to eat; we get to spend time together. I’m very democratic; I can leave if you want.”
Shige flushed. Ryo and his stupid show of charisma still had the ability to do things to him after all this time.
“Ah. Whatever. Since you’re already here.” He grabbed the takeout that was in Ryo’s hands and headed into the kitchen.
Ryo just smirked evilly.
Co-ordination
Integration of activities; Using of committees
He looked at the whiteboard in absolute horror.
“Kei. Have you lost your mind?”
His close friend just cheerfully smiled.
“Isn’t this a grand plan?”
“This is insanity, I assure you.”
“Shigeeeee. Don’t be mean. It’s all for spreading Member-ai! Or in this case, Jimusho-ai as well! It’ll be fun and for a good cause.”
Shige didn’t see how Tegomass approaching KAT-TUN, Koyapi going to Hey! Say! Jump and Ryo and himself (appropriately named Ryoshige by Koyama) heading to the juniors would be any good for Jimusho-ai or fun or a good cause.
It might simply cause bloodshed, tears and heart attacks.
Communication tools/skills
The cell phone rang again and he didn’t even bother to look at the caller ID.
“What do you want!?”
“I’m bored, talk to me.”
“It’s four in the morning, Ryo. I don’t really care if you can’t sleep after filming because you have the day off, while I don’t. So goodbye, I’ll talk to you later.”
And Shige switched off the annoying communication tool.
Control
To get things done; use control tools and ensure targets are met
Everyone had a certain degree of control and power, but probably no one used it better than one Tegoshi Yuya.
“But… Shige.” His tone was choked and piteous; eyes watery and expression pleading.
He was damned manipulative and as much as Shige hated it, he couldn’t help but falling for the trap every single time. Tegoshi might as well have said ‘pander to me’ and he would.
“Fine. You can go shower first.”
Shige exhaled. Ryo was going to yell at him for being late for dinner again.