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  • initialism management by walking around

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Examples

  • President Obama is being berated essentially for doing what Tom Peters calls "MBWA," managing by wandering around. "

    Judith Ellis: Is President Obama the Most Active President Ever? 2009

  • President Obama is being berated essentially for doing what Tom Peters calls "MBWA," managing by wandering around. "

    Judith Ellis: Is President Obama the Most Active President Ever? 2009

  • President Obama is being berated essentially for doing what Tom Peters calls "MBWA," managing by wandering around. "

    Judith Ellis: Is President Obama the Most Active President Ever? 2009

  • The backstory: Mr. Neimark is a proponent of earning one's MBWA degree Management By Walking Around, interacting with actual customers to find out what's working and what's not.

    Talking Shop Alexis Swerdloff 2011

  • A firm believer in MBWA – Management By Walking Around – Murphy knew almost every worker on sight, but there was one worker, a machine operator, whom he did not recognize.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • A firm believer in MBWA – Management By Walking Around – Murphy knew almost every worker on sight, but there was one worker, a machine operator, whom he did not recognize.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • "Every year Hyundai Heavy's top management carries out the MBWA (Management By Wandering Around) policy during national holidays and summer vacations to check project progress and to have meetings with owners," it said in a news release.

    South Korea Works Overtime to Tackle Vacation Shortage Evan Ramstad 2010

  • A firm believer in MBWA – Management By Walking Around – Murphy knew almost every worker on sight, but there was one worker, a machine operator, whom he did not recognize.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

  • "Every year Hyundai Heavy's top management carries out the MBWA (Management By Wandering Around) policy during national holidays and summer vacations to check project progress and to have meetings with owners," it said in a news release.

    South Korea Works Overtime to Tackle Vacation Shortage Evan Ramstad 2010

  • A firm believer in MBWA – Management By Walking Around – Murphy knew almost every worker on sight, but there was one worker, a machine operator, whom he did not recognize.

    VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010

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