...A Leadership Self Evaluation A.1- See attached completed Seven Habits Profile A.1.a. The Seven Habits Profile reveals several areas of success in leading as well as areas of opportunity for me to improve my leadership. I believe that my high scores in the emotional bank account and think win-win category are major contributing factors to my ability to synergize well with coworkers. I am a people person and I prefer to work as a team rather than individually. It is important to me that everyone on our team succeeds. I get to know my team members on a personal and professional level , know their challenges in life, so that I can help them overcome those challenges. It is my belief that having happy employees leads to having positive customer interactions and more productive workdays. I believe that when employees know you want them to succeed it makes the synergizing process run more smoothly, as all parties know the intentions of the others are good. My proactive attitude; taking responsibility for my work, my mood, and my circumstances; is another reason for my success in the synergize category. I don’t need public credit for a job well done, but I do make a point to say when I have made a mistake. This helps to build trust and transparency. I want my employees to be able to come to me to admit when they have made a mistake as well so that we can work together to fix the error. Without a culture of transparency and trust errors can get hidden and come up later...
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...My Leadership Practices and Future C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People September 19th, 2014 My Leadership Practices and Future This following will outline my personal leadership practices and potential future leadership. To analyze my leadership qualities I will use the Seven Habits Profile and a leadership theory to determine my strengths, weaknesses, and areas of opportunity for improvement. In conclusion, I will determine the best recommendations for long-term improvement as well as SMART goals, or short-term courses of action, for leadership improvement. Seven Habits Profile The Seven Habits Profile revealed that I rank as outstanding in two categories, very good in six categories, and good in just one category. This seems to highlight what I am most exemplary at in terms of leadership, what I am just proficient at, and what presents itself as an opportunity for improvement. The main two strengths include having a work-life balance and being a proactive problem solver. An area of opportunity as indicated by the profile would be having the ability to synergize which is a combination of seeking the views of others and making creative decisions. The two strengths point to qualities I have constantly tried to improve upon. Earlier in my career, I was a bit of a workaholic and tended to bring work home with me. This resulted in a dismal personal life which eventually permeated negativity into my professional life as well. In light of...
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...effective managing and leading has been discussing for long. Being a good manager or leader in contemporary organizations is no longer just about establishing control over their subordinates, indeed successful managers and leaders are required to equip themselves with a diversity of skills and competences. This paper will be focusing on managing skills and competences from a personal point of view. First of all, some commonly cited skills and competencies that are essential for successful managing and leading in organizations will be identified and explained briefly. Secondly, one skill will be nominated as ‘the strength’ of mine. Thirdly, another skill, which is considered as ‘the complementary behavior’, will be nominated as well. Both nominated skills will be discussed in detail and analyses are conducted based on relevant personality, working experiences, previous learning in management theories as well as some typical self-assessment exercises. Key Managing and Leading Skills in Organizations In recent years, managing and leading organizations to compete against competitors and establish sustainable advantages is no longer an easy target to achieve. With the rapid changing world, the traditional way of controlling employees in order to meet objective is losing its effectiveness. Organizations are taking significant transformations in terms of managing styles. In fact, there is a wide range of managing and leading skills that could shape the way organizations are running...
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...for higher achievements. Historically, planning described a top-down approach in which top executives establish business plans and tell others to implement them. (Chapter 1: Managing) Organizing is constructing an active organization, setting up and coordinating the human, physical, financial, informational, and other advantages needed to reach goals. Organizing exhibitions involve drawing attention to people to an organization, specifying job restraints, minimizing work into units, placing and assigning resources, and setting conditions so that everyone and everything work in sync to achieve maximum success. In determining the internal structure, management must look at the different divisions or departments, the coordination of staff, and what is the best way to handle the necessary tasks and disbursement of information within the company. Management will then divide up the work that needs to be done, determine appropriate departments, and delegate authority and responsibilities. Building a dynamic organization, historically, organizing involved creating an organization chart by identifying business functions, establishing reporting relationships, and having a personnel department that administered plans, programs, and paperwork. (Chapter 1: Managing) Leading is driving people to be high performers. It includes...
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...INS2019 Business Organization and Management Anh MAI, International School (ISVNU) Mail: anhmd@isvnu.vn Cell: 0902372688 Topics to discuss Topic 1: Introduction to management Topic 2: The history of management Topic 3: The management environment Topic 4: Planning and Strategy Formulation Topic 5: Decision Making Topic 6: Organizing structure and design Topic 7: HRM Topic 8: Leading Topic 9: Teamwork Topic 10: Motivation & Communication Topic 11: Organizational Control 2 Topic from Daft (2012) and Innovation Adapted 12: Change 6/11/2012 Topics to discuss History of Management Evolution of Management thinking Environment of Management Corporate Culture, Ethics and Social Responsibility Management Planning -Managerial planning & goal setting - Strategy formulation & Implementation - Managerial decision making Organizing -Designing adaptive organizations -Managing change & innovation -Human resource Management Leading -Leadership -Motivation -Communication -Teamwork Controlling -Managerial and Quality control 3 Adapted from Daft (2012) 6/11/2012 Working Plan Topic Session No 1 2 Session 1 Session 2 Topics Textbook NEM Ch 1 NEM Ch 2 Tutorial Cases Questions 1, 5, 8, 9 Elektra Products, Inc (p.56) Introduction to Management The History of Management The Management Environment, Ethics and CSR Planning & Strategy Formulation 4, 6, 7 SIA Corporation (p. 58) 3 Session 3 NEM Ch 3...
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...IT MANAGEMENT – Managing People 1 IT Management: Managing People 1 David McKean BookBoon By: MGNT 6040: Current Readings in Management of Technology IT MANAGEMENT – Managing People 2 Contents About the author and IT Leaders Ltd 3 1 The secret to good IT management 4 2 What makes a successfully IT manager? 5 3 Team Leadership 7 4 Business relationship management 10 5 Working with senior execs – Networking & politics 6 Conclusion IT MANAGEMENT – Managing People 3 About the author and IT Leaders Ltd David McKean, former CIO, has worked with many national companies worldwide, including AT&T, UPC in Holland, and C&W in the U.K. David is now the managing director of IT Leaders Ltd, a leading provider of IT management training. IT Leaders Ltd provides training courses to the public, as well as distance learning courses and in house courses. All IT Leaders courses are accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management and presented by former CIO’s and senior directors. IT Leaders Ltd’s clients include Accenture, Alstom, Barclays, Capita, DHL, HSBC, Phillips, and many more large organizations. IT Leaders Ltd programs focus on 8 key IT Leadership elements, including “organizational politics for IT managers, leading IT teams, business and IT strategy, technology innovation, crisis leadership, business change leadership, senior level influencing, and corporate leadership”. The IT management and commercial...
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...Functions of Management Paper Any organization, no matter how big or small, needs to run efficiently to accomplish the goals and objectives that the company has set out. For that reason, they have developed and executed management functions for these organizations. There are four management functions that allow organizations to take control of the strategic, designed and set decisions. These four functions are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. These four functions are incorporated together and reoccur throughout the entire organization. The successful manager must aggressively perform these four basic functions continuously. Planning: Planning requires management to evaluate where the company is currently set and where it will be in the future. From there, a proper course of action is determined and executed to achieve an organization’s goals and objectives. There are many outside factors that continually affect an organization and because of this it is imperative that planning be a very significant step in all management processes. These management skills are imperative steps for an organization to thrive and succeed. I work at Good Tenant Services as a Brokers Assistant. The company has a mission statement and has a certain protocol which must be maintained. My Broker sets goals and plans around these four functions of management and I am expected to carry these out. The company dedicates itself to exceeding and managing client’s expectations. My company achieves...
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...Functions of Management John Veal XMGT/230 ALLAN BARDOS Within an organization executives develop a structured environment in order to perform and execute task and goals to run a successful business that will generate profit. When doing so, the company will implement four functions that will help in managing a smooth business which are planning, leading, controlling, and organizing. Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals where managers do this both effectively and efficiently. Although the context of business and the specifics of doing business are changing, there are still plenty of timeless principles that make great managers, and great companies, great. In the business world today and with constant changing, the great executives not only adapt to changing conditions but also apply—fanatically, rigorously, consistently, and with discipline—the fundamental management principles. These fundamentals include the four traditional functions of management as mentioned earlier which remain as relevant as ever, and they still provide the fundamentals that are needed in start-ups as much as in established corporations but their form has evolved. First function of management is planning which is the management function of systematically making decisions about the goals and activities that an individual, a group, a work unit, or the overall organization will pursue. Planning activities include analyzing current situations...
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...Employees Involvement Strategy Executive Summary Leading and managing people are an important concept in HR now days. Every company follows this concept in order to retain the employees along with that to have a proper flow of work within the organization. On the other hand maintaining an employee involvement strategy is also an important task of every organization. The given study will help to generate an idea about the mentioned countries which are China, India and Germany address the related issues regarding leading and managing people. By conducting these studies an overall idea about the communication strategy of the organization will also be identified. Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 3 Employee’s Involvement Strategy within the Organization 3 Concept of Leading and Managing People 4 Theoretical exploration of potential opportunities/challenges in China, India and Germany 5 Communication Taking Place in the Organization 7 Relevant scenarios in terms of opportunities and challenges of HR 8 Recommendations 10 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction One of the main notions of the given study is to provide a brief overview about the topic related to leading and managing people. The situation of this study is designed in such a way where it has been told that after getting a promotion to be the head of the HR department with its other branches in China, India and Germany it is asked to do a research study in which it is important to...
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...area within an organization, for example marketing, operation management or human resource management. They have specific responsibilities depending on the needs and wants of the organization. The job description of a manager varies from organization to organization. However, the role of managers within the functional areas of a business involves planning, organizing, leading and controlling. According to French and Henning (1966) showed that the traditional definition of one functional role, of a personnel manager, is misleading. Their study of the personnel manager in twenty five firms revealed that: he does not have the same degree of authority in each area of his responsibility and his authority varies from one type of decision to another even with a single area of responsibility (Henning and Mosely, p. 482. para. 2.). The type of a manager holds has some influence on the perceived importance of the managerial roles. According to the functions approach, a manager performs certain activities or functions as they effectively and efficiently coordinates the work of others. The job of a manager may include several different specialties and require behaviors that are neither dramatically different nor exactly the same as any particular functional specialist (Pavett and Lau, 1983, p. 175). The role of a manager is specific action or behavior expected of and exhibited by him. The manager’s role involves such functions as interpersonal roles which involve people (employees and...
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...planning, organizing, leading and controlling of human and other resources to achieve organization goals effectively and efficiency. 2. Managers operate within an organization, a group of people who work together to achieve a wide variety of goals or desired future outcomes. 3. Organizational productivity (performance) is how effectively and efficiently a manager uses resources to satisfy customers and reach organizational goals. a. efficiency measures how well or how productively resources are used. b. effectiveness measures the appropriateness of the goals chosen by a manager. What do managers do? Get things done through others by . . . I. Management functions: A. Planning is the process managers’ use for identifying and selecting appropriate goals and actions for the organization. 1. Planning involves three steps including deciding which organizational goals and courses of actions to pursue; strategies to adopt and deciding how to allocate organizational resources to attain those goals. 2. The strategies determined during planning determine the effectiveness and efficiency of an organization. B. Organizing is the task of structuring working relationships in a way that allows organizational members to work together (effectively and efficiently) to achieve organizational goals. 3. Organizational Structure is the formal system of tasks and reporting relationships...
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...Leading and managing change in organizations: Importance of human resource capacity building Term Paper (Individual Assignment) MCP 2135 – Leading and Managing Change in Organizations MBA in Human Resource Management Semester II – 2010/2012 Course Director : Prof. Sudatta Ranasinghe Professor of Management Name of the Student : Gamini Hettiarachchi Student Registration No. : 110046980 Date Submitted :16.05.2011 Word Count : 1662 words, 5 single side A4 pages Leading and managing change in organizations: Importance of human resource capacity building Term Paper (Individual Assignment) Abstract This term paper addresses human resource capacity building as a strategic instrument in leading and managing change in organizations. After describing the process and the basic steps in leading and managing change, the article has taken an effort to identify the role of leaders and the managers to derive a conceptual frame of reference to develop arguments in strategic importance of human resource capacity building in the process of leading and managing change in organization. To meet the challenges, negative as well as positive, HR capacity building is needed in most of the steps and stages in the process of leading and managing change in organizations. Further, developing human capacities has highlighted as one of the major roles and core functionalities of leaders and managers. Viewing human resources as human capital and beyond, the term paper argues that without...
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...Assignment by Tamara Millman Management vs. Leadership All four managers agreed that there was a difference between managing and leading, which means there is no gap. They all defined managing as process, procedures, task focused and results; compared to leading, which was focus on developing people. The positive benefit is it helps implement new processes the within the Contact Centre at MPI because all levels of management have a clear understanding that leading is people development and managing is a task focus. Key to Staff Motivation The key to staff motivation is similar with all four managers; therefore, no real gaps exist. They all agreed that recognizing individual difference, matching people to jobs, what builds up that employee, asking for staff opinions, being part of the solution and inspire them to buy in to the organization plan. The positive benefit to the Contact Centre is making people feel they are part of the solution. In addition, what they do makes the Contact Centre successful. Management are able to outline the expectation and make everyone accountable for his or her actions. As the managers understand the key to motivate staff, it will help when implementing new procedures and having staffed involved in the implementation at the beginning stages with the Contact Centre. Opinion on Expedition The most efficient way of getting people to do things, for all four managers was to communicate expectations and the understanding of why it is important...
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...Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) provides treatment and support services to people with mental illnesses and addictive diseases, and support to people with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities (DBHDD, 2010). DBHDD serves people of all ages with the most severe and likely to be long-term conditions, including consumers with forensic issues. Services are provided across the state through contracts with 25 community service boards, boards of health and various private providers, and through state-operated regional hospitals. Every person who participates in our services leads a satisfying, independent life with dignity and respect (DBHDD, 2010). Provide and promote local accessibility and choice of services and programs for individuals, families and communities through partnerships, in order to create a sustainable, self-sufficient and resilient life in the community (DBHDD, 2010). Management, Planning, Organizing, Leading, Controlling: Definitions The four functions of management comprise of the main duties of managers, which must be executed properly in order for an organization to gain success (Robbins, 2005). These functions are known across all levels of management, rather if it is in a super market, a gas station, a restaurant or even at home. For any organization to function at a level of success managers must first implement the functions of organization, controlling, planning, and leading. These functions are known to the corporate...
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...essential managerial tasks. Each task holds a certain importance to the process and essentially aids in achieving a managers highest goal: setting high performance. Each of these tasks adds to the efficiency and effectiveness of a manager’s unique managing style and process. The four essential managerial tasks are planning, controlling, leading, and organizing. In order to understand how each are important let’s first explain each task. Planning deals with choosing appropriate organizational goals and courses of action to best achieve those goals. In this task, managers decide which goals the organization will pursue, what strategies to adopt to attain those goals, and how to allocate organizational resources to pursue the strategies that attain those goals. Lack of proper planning in an organization can lead to inefficiency and ineffectiveness in the organization. Without proper planning it is seemingly impossible to hit a peak level of performance. Planning sets the tone for an organizations success and opens the door to new heights in a manager’s career. Organizing is structuring working relationships so organizational members interact and cooperate to achieve organizational goals. It is the manager’s job to be able to successfully organize the people into departments according to the kinds of job-specific tasks they will perform. Organizing lays out the “lines of authority and responsibility” among the different individuals and groups. Organizing the people allows small room...
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