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This book delineates a management style which is bottom-up rather than top-down, that is, it is employee-centered and allows employees to influence management decisions. Shrouded in the' mist the reader will recognize both old established and newly innovative management styles and embedded in these the Japanese concept of "Kaizen" will be clandestinely apparent. An employee-centered management system is a dynamic function capable or successfully competing in an environment of economic fluctuations and changing market trends. The interaction of employees and the creative forces they generate as they solve and re-synthesize labor and production problems is an aggressive strategy which is nurtured and sustained by its own internal energy. Employees are the most important asset of business and industry and their full and effective utilization is a major responsibility of business management. People perform to the standards of their leaders, and business enterprises are no exception. Managers who lead by example are the most effective leaders; it is character through which leadership is exercised and it is character that sets the example and is imitated in turn. It is the character of management that projects the corporate image and personifies the philosophy of the business.

Early in his life while anticipating future careers the author pondered the age old question: What is the meaning of it all; why do we exist? While each of us must answer this question for himself, the author achieved resolution through a path of humanitarianism. First he relegated materialism to a secondary position of consideration; wealth is a tool for existing and not existence itself. Then he adopted a noble purpose; he decided that he wanted to alleviate suffering. He existed to ease the pain of others. The author has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Mathematics from Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biochemistry from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He had three additional years of postdoctoral study at the University of Tennessee Biomedical School in the Biology Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. His training and career efforts were directed toward curing cancer. In this endeavor he was rather successful in that he published numerous scientific articles and technical reports. Tragically, he discovered that in our society many consider money to be the meaning of life; obstacles were imposed and he changed careers. This book is his effort to eliminate suffering in the workplace. While the ingredients such as the eggs, flour and sugar were derived from other scholars and authors, the cake represents his personal philosophy. Some may share this philosophy, others may resent it, but all will find it tasty: Bon appetit!