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NAMA NIM KELAS

: NELVI ARVINA : 1306497301 : B 132

MATA KULIAH : LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

TUGAS

: RANGKUMAN BUKU THE POWER OF SIMPLICITY

KEKUATAN KESEDERHANAAN (THE POWER OF SIMPLICITY) A. Dasar-dasar Kesederhanaan 1. Kesederhanaan. Mengapa orang-orang merasa takut Dulu, sederhana tidak pernah menjadi nilai plus. Hal itu berarti anda adalah orang bodoh, mudah tertipu atau berpikiran lemah. Oleh karena itu, orang takut menjadi sederhana. John Collard, psikolog Universitas Yale mendeskripsikan 7 ketakutan yaitu: takut gagal, takut pada sex, takut membela diri, takut mempercayai orang, takut berpikir, takut berbicara, takut sendirian. Takut berpikir yang dimaksud adalah takut memikirkan hal lain selain diri kita dan aktivitas sendiri. Kesederhanaan memiliki kekuatan. Dengan menyederhanakan isu yang rumit, anda dapat memudahkan orang dalam mengambil keputusan. Jika anda memiliki ide dan ide itu gagal, anda tidak selamat. Dan kemudian anda gagal, itulah yang disebut takut gagal. Takut berbicara adalah ketika orang-orang takut menanyakan seseorang yang memiliki ide besar atau menantang apa yang mereka pikiran adalah ide hebat. Cara terbaik menghilangkan ketakutan adalah fokus pada masalah. 2. Nalar. Dapat membuat sesuatu hal menjadi sederhana Penangkal ketakutan pada kesederhanaan adalah akal sehat (common sense). Akal sehat adalah kebijaksanaan yang dibagi-bagi. Hal itu adalah suatu kepercayaan dalam suatu komunitas. Ide sederhana cenderung menjadi ide yang jelas, tetapi orang tidak percaya pada insting mereka. Panduan untuk berpikir sederhana dengan akal sehat yaitu: hilangkan ego dari tiap situasi, hindari berangan-angan, dengarkan pikiran orang lain, harus menjadi sedikit sinis. 3. Bahasa yang rumit. Dapat memperkeruh pikiran orang Shakespeare menulis Hamlet dengan 20.000 kata, Lincoln mencoret-coret Gettysburg Adress di amplop terdapat 114.000 kata, kamus Webster memiliki 600.000 kata, dan Tom Clancy menulis novel dengan ribuan kata. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa bahasa menjadi lebih rumit. Sehingga orang harus menghindari kecenderungan untuk mencoba kata-kata baru dan jarang dipakai. Orang lain telah menemukan bahwa anda bisa mengukur kesederhanaan dalam tulisan. Pada tahun 1950, Robert Gunning membuat Gunning Fog Index, yang menunjukkan bagaimana mudahnya sesuatu untuk dibaca dalam istilah kata-kata dan kesulitannya, jumlah pikiran yang komplit, dan panjang kalimat rata dalam selembar kopian. Berikut ini 10 prinsip menulis yang jelas, yaitu: memperpendek kalimat, memasukkan kata sederhana, memilih kata yang lazim digunakan, menghindari kata yang tidak perlu, memasukkan tindakan dalam kata kerja, menulis seperti bicara, menggunakan istilah agar pembaca dapat menggambarkan, kaitkan dengan pengalaman pembaca, membuat banyak varietas, menuliskan ekspresi, bukan impresi. B. Isu Manajemen 4. Informasi. Terlalu banyak dapat membingungkan anda Kerumitan bisnis termakan oleh banyaknya informasi yang disalurkan ke dalam dunia bisnis sama banyaknya dengan yang Silicon Valley temukan. Pada artikel di USA Today, artikel ini percaya bahwa umur bukanlah penyebab utama kehilangan memori. Tetapi terlalu banyaknya informasi. Alasannya adalah bahwa pikiran kita seperti memori komputer dan disk kita yang penuh. Beberapa orang percaya bahwa terlalu banyaknya informasi (information overload) akan menjadi masalah medis. Agar dapat menjernihkan pikiran, maka ingatlah: ada perbedaan antara data dan informasi, anda dapat ketagihan pada peralatan komunikasi favorit anda, jangan menjadi tikus pak. 5. Konsultan. Sumber omong kosong Artikel di majalah Fortune yang berjudul “In Search of Suckers” mengungkapkan secara akurat: “Dengan tenang, tanpa keriuhan, bisnis nasehat telah dibajak. Guru-guru baru bersenjatakan tidak lebih dari pulpen, podium, dan tidak tahu malu telah memilih apa yang dulunya hal yang baik, panggilan yang bermanfaat: mengeluarkan nasehat baik kepada pengusaha. Rupert Murdoch sedikit lebih bodoh ketika ditanya apakah ada guru manajemen yang diikuti atau dikaguminya. Responnya: “Guru? Anda temukan permata di sini dan di sana. Tapi, yang paling jelas, anda tahu. Anda pergi ke bagian bisnis suatu toko buku dan anda lihat semua judul luar biasa dan anda keluarkan $300 kemudian buanglah semuanya. Banyak tulisan tentang baik, buruk dan jeleknya konsultansi. Anda harus menyadari bahwa kerumitan itu adalah hati dari konsultan bisnis yang buruk. Pandangan mereka sebagai konsultan mungkin adalah yang akurat, dimana perusahaan tidak akan membayar

banyak untuk kesederhanaan. Faktanya, hal itu kadang muncul bahwa lebih sedikit yang dimengerti sebuah perusahaan tentang prosesnya, perusahaan akan lebih banyak membayar. 6. Pesaing. Memikirkan mereka sebagai musuh secara sederhana Istilah paling sederhana, untuk menjadi sukses sekarang ini sebuah perusahaan harus menjadi pesaing. Hal itu dapat melihat terhadap poin lemah dalam posisi pesaingnya kemudian mengeluarkan serangan pemasaran melawan titik lemah tersebut. Ini semua adalah tentang strategi kompetisi yang tepat. Hal ini tentang memahami 4 tipe perang pemasaran dan menetapkan tindakan pada situasi anda. 4 tipe tersebut adalah strategi bertahan, menyerang, mengapit, dan gerilya. 7. Strategi. Semua tentang perbedaan Di bawah semua daftar dan contoh Porter terdapat kepercayaan yang sederhana: Di seluruh dunia dimana semua orang berada di dalam bisnis anda, anda harus menyediakan pelanggan anda dengan alasan untuk membeli produk anda dan bukan produk pesaing anda. Jika anda tidak menawarkan alasan itu, maka anda lebih baik menawarkan harga yang sangat bagus. Alasan itu kemudian dibungkus menjadi kata sederhana yang diposisikan di dalam medan pertempuran utama, pikiran pelanggan dan prospek anda. Diferensiasi diri anda terbagi dalam 3 bagian: Memiliki ide sederhana yang memisahkan anda dari kompetisi, punya mandat atau produk yang membuat konsep ini nyata dan dipercaya, membangun program untuk membuat pelanggan dan prospek anda menyadari perbedaan ini. Itulah kesederhanaan. 8. Orientasi pelanggan. Diberikan tanpa perbedaan Guru dan akademisi telah membuat industri cottage tentang orientasi pelanggan. Mereka mempublikasikan cacian pada bagaimana pesona, cinta, dan pasangan dengan atau hanya bergantung pada orang yang disebut pelanggan. Kami diberitahu bahwa pelanggan selalu benar, kadang benar atau kadang salah. Pelanggan adalah CEO; pelanggan adalah raja, pelanggan adalah kupu-kupu. Sistemnya adalah: bagaimana menggunakan umpan balik pelanggan, bagaimana membuat pelanggan tetap berlangganan, bagaimana terinspirasi oleh pelanggan, bagaimana menangani pelanggan kasar, bagaimana mempersiapkan umur pelanggan yang tidak pernah puas. 9. Anggaran belanja tiap tahun. Cara sederhana untuk memaksimalkan uang dolar anda Perlindungan terbesar anda dari terobosan kompetitif adalah investasi besar-besaran dalam sumber daya. Jika anda tidak bergerak cepat, maka anda membiarkan pesaing anda mendapatkan penghargaan dari usaha yang anda tabur. Salah satu masalah adalah anggaran tahunan. Ketika suatu cara yang baik untuk melacak uang, hal itu membuat sistem yang memiliki sedikit fleksibilitas dalam perubahan akomodasi. Program yang anda keluarkan mungkin menghasilkan kesalahan besar terhadap kompetitor utama anda. Kesempatan untuk memanfaatkan pembukaan ini bisa disebut kenaikan yang penting dalam uang dan usaha. Ketika anggaran tahun depan bergulung, mungkin akan terlambat. 10. Harga. Panduan sederhana untuk mendapatkannya. Old Pubilius mengerti esensi dari harga dan menurunkannya menjadi 11 kata. Sayangnya, akademisi dan konsultan memindahkannya selama abad berikutnya dan membuat harga menjadi sedikit lebih rumit. Jika anda mengambil teks marketing, anda mungkin menemukan harga dideskripsikan dalam berbagai bagian dan diagram tanpa akhir yang didedikasikan untuk membingungkan mahasiwa bisnis. Kami terutama menyukai kombinasi konsep marginal cost dan marginal revenue demi keuntungan yang optimal. C. Isu Kepemimpinan 11. Misi. Semua yang ditambahkan adalah kebingungan yang tidak perlu Bagaimana suatu misi dilahirkan: Fase 1: membayangkan masa depan (tidak bisa diselesaikan); fase 2: membentuk misi satuan tugas (membuang waktu orang yang mahal); fase 3: mengembangkan draf pernyataan (banyak tangan membuat hal yang lembek); fase 4: komunikasikan pernyataan akhir (menggantungkan tembok untuk orang-orang yang tidak peduli); fase 5: operasionalisasikan pernyataan (mengubah perusahaan menjadi bubur). Sejauh ini kami memperhatikan proses ini menambahkan komplikasi yang tidak berguna pada banyak perusahaan dan sangat sedikit keuntungan. 12. Kepemimpinan. Tentang bertanggung jawab

Bagaimana menemukan tujuan yang tepat? Untuk menjadi seorang ahli strategi yang hebat, anda harus menaruh pikiran anda dalam lumpur dari suatu pasar. Anda harus menemukan inspirasi di depan, di belakang, dan aliran perang pemasaran yang hebat menempatkan pikiran dari prospek. 13. Rencana jangka panjang. Pemikiran yang diharapkan Rencana strategi jangka panjang tidak berguna jika anda tidak melakukan rencana kompetitor anda dengan baik. Banyak CEO berpikir bahwa rencana jangka panjang yang rumit adalah kritis jika perusahaan akan memenuhi pernyataan misinya. Hal-hal yang dipertimbangkan dalam pendekatan perencanaan: informasikan staf anda bahwa memprediksi masa depan adalah delusi; informasikan setiap orang bahwa nilai nyata dari perencanaan strategik adalah untuk memberikan tujuan bisnis dan memajukan kompetisi, ceritakan rencana anda pada orang-orang untuk duduk bersama dengan eksekutif operasi dalan setiap bisnis, menekankan bahwa apa yang anda cari adalah “flight plan” untuk memandu perusahaan. 14. Organisasi. Lebih sederhana, lebih baik Organisasi yang baik menggerakkan perilaku strategik yang benar. Sayangnya, organisasi besar sering menjadi sangat kompleks yang salah satu bagiannya tidak melakukan apa yang bagian lain lakukan. Bagi kami, analogi terbaik dan paling sederhana adalah dari Peter Drucker ketika dia membandingkan sebuah organisasi dengan orkestra simfoni. Tetapi hal tersebut tidak berlaku pada industri fashion yang besar. 15. Pemasaran. Ide sederhana menuju strategi Jika CEO memimpin simfoni, maka marketing yang mengatur susunan musik. Agensi dan konsultan Ad telah mengkonstruksi sistem yang sulit untuk merk bangunan. Salah satu kompleksitas favorit kami adalah dari UK consulting firm yang mengklaim sebuah merk memiliki 9 elemen dalam pikiran pelanggan: kebutuhan fungsional, efek objektif, peran fungsional, atribut, evaluator inti, penggerak psikologi, peran psikologi, karakter subjektif, dan kebutuhan psikologi. Kemudian, konsultan mengubah semuanya menjadi matriks jembatan. 16. Ide baru. Sesuatu yang dipinjam itu lebih sederhana Hal yang tepat bahwa ide-ide baru adalah penggerak bisnis. Hal tersebut adalah bahan bakar untuk kesuksesan di hari esok. Tetapi, apakah proses penemuan ide baru sama kompleksnya dengan apa yang anda percaya? Atau secara dasar proses yang sederhana telah dibuat untuk memunculkan kerumitan? Inovasi memiliki sangat sedikit untuk dilakukan bersama seorang jenius. Hal itu memiliki sangat untuk dilakukan inspirasi. 17. Tujuan. Kelihatannya baik tetapi sempurnakan sedikit Tujuan adalah tanggung jawab untuk memupuk rencana pemasaran. Para manajer yang terobsesi dengan apa yang mereka ingin lakukan mencintai pembuatan tujuan. Tipe manajer ini berusaha untuk memaksakan hal yang terjadi bukannya berusaha untuk menemukan hal-hal untuk dieksploitasi. Mereka cenderung mengejar adanya pasar dan bujan mencari kesempatan baru. 18. Pertumbuhan. Buruk untuk bisnis anda Pertumbuhan adalah tindakan produk dalam melakukan hal yang benar. Tetapi, hal itu sendiri bukanlah hal yang berharga. CEO mengejar pertumbuhan untuk memastikan masa jabatan mereka dan untuk meningkatkan take-home pay mereka.
D. Isu Masyarakat 19. Motivasi. Usaha sendiri bukanlah jawaban Memotivasi karyawan bukanlah untuk mengeraskan mereka pada inti perusahaan terutama karena mereka mungkin sudah mengetahui keamanan pekerjaan adalah hal di masa lalu. Gelombang demi gelombang merger, perampingan dan restrukturisasi tidak membantu menaikkan kesetiaan. Ikatan rapuh antara organisasi dan karyawan telah putus. 20. Perbaikan diri. Itulah baju baru sang kaisar Saran untuk memperbaiki adalah: mengerti apa yang terjadi di sini, meninggalkan pertumbuhan personal pada orang tersebut; mulai dengan perbaikan dasar; setelah dasar, bekerja pada membangun kemampuan, training bukanlah rekreasi. 21. Kesuksesan. Menemukan kuda untuk dikendarai Untuk menjadi sukses di saat ini, hanya ada 1 pendekatan sederhana: lihatlah dirimu sebagai produk daripada sebagai karyawan. Kesuksesan adalah sesuatu yang diberikan orang lain kepada anda. 22. Kritik. Menjadi sederhana tidaklah mudah Berikut adalah favorit kritik orang-orang: anda akan disebut sederhana, anda akan dituduh tidak mengerti, akan dikatakan kami tahu semua itu, anda akan disebut malas.

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