Effective Manager
I. Introduction
In competitive world, nowadays, managers play a crucial role in remaining operations of companies. With increasingly rapid changes in the technology, culture and economy, a manager is put on a lot of pressure to ensure that the company is run in an effective way. A successful manager operates as catalysts, enablers, developers and coaches to help others make decisions instead of making them all themselves (Mitch McCrimmon, 2010). As Dario Priolo (2011) said, an "effective" manager takes responsibility for ensuring that each individual within his department succeeds and that the team or business unit achieves results. Successful managers require both talent and skill. Managerial skills can be developed through training, mentoring, and experience. These skills are very important for me to become an effective manager in the future. This report, first, focuses on two features of an effective manager I need to learn about and improve and then shows how i can apply them to my student working experience. Finally, the paper will highlight some solutions to improve my weakness and enhance my strength in managerial skills in the future.
2. Analysis and reflection Graduating from university in Vietnam, I took this master course immediately, therefore, I almost had no working experience. However, after joining teamwork for debate, presentation and writing assignment of some modules in this course, I gained a lot of precious knowledge and I realized that i need to be more aware of my stress management skill as well as communication skill which are very important in managerial aspect.
Stress management:
This skill is related to my experience of team working. I used to take responsibility for a secretary in presentation group. As a secretary in presentation group, I was primarily responsible for documenting the group’s decisions and for handling communication and coordination among the group. Generally speaking, I was often assigned additional
In competitive world, nowadays, managers play a crucial role in remaining operations of companies. With increasingly rapid changes in the technology, culture and economy, a manager is put on a lot of pressure to ensure that the company is run in an effective way. A successful manager operates as catalysts, enablers, developers and coaches to help others make decisions instead of making them all themselves (Mitch McCrimmon, 2010). As Dario Priolo (2011) said, an "effective" manager takes responsibility for ensuring that each individual within his department succeeds and that the team or business unit achieves results. Successful managers require both talent and skill. Managerial skills can be developed through training, mentoring, and experience. These skills are very important for me to become an effective manager in the future. This report, first, focuses on two features of an effective manager I need to learn about and improve and then shows how i can apply them to my student working experience. Finally, the paper will highlight some solutions to improve my weakness and enhance my strength in managerial skills in the future.
2. Analysis and reflection Graduating from university in Vietnam, I took this master course immediately, therefore, I almost had no working experience. However, after joining teamwork for debate, presentation and writing assignment of some modules in this course, I gained a lot of precious knowledge and I realized that i need to be more aware of my stress management skill as well as communication skill which are very important in managerial aspect.
Stress management:
This skill is related to my experience of team working. I used to take responsibility for a secretary in presentation group. As a secretary in presentation group, I was primarily responsible for documenting the group’s decisions and for handling communication and coordination among the group. Generally speaking, I was often assigned additional
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