Role of the Manager Assignment 1
University of Westminster
Westminster Business School
Module code and title: BHRM401 Role of the Manager
Assessment 1:
Career Paths into Management and the Four Remedial Strategies.
Student Name: Jessica Fernandez
Student ID Number: w148100081
Seminar leader name: Angela Hetherington
Word Count: 1551
Date: 16/02/15
Abstract
This report will explain the concepts of the Managerial Escalator and the concepts of the Hybrid Manager, the Managerial Gap and the Remedial Strategies that take place within an organization with reference to Interviews conducted within Tesco Highams Park Superstore.
Table of Contents
Abstract 2
Introduction 4
Management. 5
The Managerial Escalator. 5
Hybrid Managers. 7
The Managerial Gap. 8
The Four Remedial Strategies. 9
Interview 1. 11
Interview 2. 12
Interview Findings. 12
Conclusion. 13
Appendix 1. 14
Appendix 2. 15
Reference: 16
Introduction
This report will explain the concepts of the managerial escalator as well as the concepts of the hybrid manager, the managerial gap and the four remedial strategies which are: role definition, managerial selection, training and development and, monitoring and how they are relevant in real life workplace situations with references to interviews conducted with two managers in the Tesco Highams Park Superstore.
The questions asked in these interviews are available in Appendix 1 and contact details for the Managers interviewed in Appendix 2.
This report will also give an indication as to how some managers follow the managerial escalator to become managers in the first place, where as some managers have no need or requirement to conform to the path of the managerial escalator.
This report will also explore the idea of managers becoming managerial hybrids focusing on both specialist and managerial activities in the work environment and evaluating the managerial gap of each manager which defines in detail how much time the mangers spend on managerial activities in comparison to the
Westminster Business School
Module code and title: BHRM401 Role of the Manager
Assessment 1:
Career Paths into Management and the Four Remedial Strategies.
Student Name: Jessica Fernandez
Student ID Number: w148100081
Seminar leader name: Angela Hetherington
Word Count: 1551
Date: 16/02/15
Abstract
This report will explain the concepts of the Managerial Escalator and the concepts of the Hybrid Manager, the Managerial Gap and the Remedial Strategies that take place within an organization with reference to Interviews conducted within Tesco Highams Park Superstore.
Table of Contents
Abstract 2
Introduction 4
Management. 5
The Managerial Escalator. 5
Hybrid Managers. 7
The Managerial Gap. 8
The Four Remedial Strategies. 9
Interview 1. 11
Interview 2. 12
Interview Findings. 12
Conclusion. 13
Appendix 1. 14
Appendix 2. 15
Reference: 16
Introduction
This report will explain the concepts of the managerial escalator as well as the concepts of the hybrid manager, the managerial gap and the four remedial strategies which are: role definition, managerial selection, training and development and, monitoring and how they are relevant in real life workplace situations with references to interviews conducted with two managers in the Tesco Highams Park Superstore.
The questions asked in these interviews are available in Appendix 1 and contact details for the Managers interviewed in Appendix 2.
This report will also give an indication as to how some managers follow the managerial escalator to become managers in the first place, where as some managers have no need or requirement to conform to the path of the managerial escalator.
This report will also explore the idea of managers becoming managerial hybrids focusing on both specialist and managerial activities in the work environment and evaluating the managerial gap of each manager which defines in detail how much time the mangers spend on managerial activities in comparison to the