timshuwy
(Tim Shoemaker)
August 14, 2026, 3:13pm
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For those in the computer world, you might enjoy a BREAK from your normal routine to read my thoughts I wrote down in my latest Linked-in article. This should give you good reason to pause your day.
For those who spent any time in the HP world, the origins of MBWA are well-known!
The management by wandering around (MBWA), also management by walking around, refers to a style of business management which involves managers wandering around, in an unstructured manner, through their workplace(s) at random, to check with employees, equipment, or on the status of ongoing work. The emphasis is on the word wandering as an unplanned movement within a workplace, rather than a plan where employees expect a visit from managers at more systematic, pre-approved or scheduled times. The e...