Discussion on: Every Line Manager is an HR Manager Introduction “Slowly but surely‚ line managers are taking over the HR front line. Gone are the days when the first port of call for any people management query was the HR department.” – Lucy McGee (Personnel Today) This is partly because HR as a function has transformed over the past decade. Administration is often outsourced‚ legislation has become more complex‚ European Union regulations have to be understood and adhered to‚ compensation is now
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of a Good Manager verses a Bad Manager Introduction: Why do some people become good managers and others do not? The issue is that they have not developed the necessary skills and behaviors because they have not had any formal management training. Too often people are promoted into management positions but are not given the right support and development to fulfill their role adequately. A good manager has organization skills‚ people management‚ and professionalism‚ a bad manager struggles with
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Character List Gulliver Captain Lemuel Gulliver‚ the narrator. Mrs. Mary Burton Gulliver Gulliver’s wife. Houyhnhnms A species of horses who are endowed with great kindness and virtue. Gulliver lives among them for several years and afterwards is extremely reluctant to return to England. The King Gulliver and the King of Brobdingnag spend dozens of hours discussing politics and comparing their two cultures. Laputans The inhabitants of a floating island who wear mathematical and astronomical
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organizational unit‚ every manager must perform some ceremonial duties as well as greet dignitaries‚ attend weddings‚ or take out customers. As figurehead of an organization managers need to take responsibility for actions of the employees such as taking blame for a mishap that may have occurred Leader Managers are responsible for the work of their respective people of their unit. They must partake in leadership roles such as motivating and encouraging employees. As a leader‚ the manager must empower their
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line managers have a lack of desire to implement HRM. However‚ willingness is essential for someone to perform effectively. Furthermore‚ line managers do not have capacity to implement HRM‚ since they have other‚ more pressing‚ short term operational responsibilities. This short-range focus may result in people management that is generally less effective. Besides‚ line managers have limited skills and competences in HRM due to a lack of training. It is suggested that these low competences are a significant
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activities to achieve desired outcomes. A manager is someone who works with and through other people by co-ordinating their work activities to accomplish organisational goals. (Robbins‚ Stagg‚ Coulter‚ 2003‚ p.10) This definition states‚ the fundamental responsibility of a manager‚ is to accomplish the organisations objectives by ’getting things done through people’. There are however several ways of conceiving managerial responsibilities‚ as a ’manager’ can be viewed from many different positions
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management literature. There is a close connection between leadership and power. People follow leaders because they have power and people will follow them‚ the leaders get the power to lead. French and Raven (1959) identified that the power bases that managers can use are aimed to influence employees which include two types of personal power: expert power (respect accorded because of knowledge or skill and referent power (personal identification with and desire to emulate the leader). Three types of position
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Throughout the essay‚ the managers will be referred to as Mr X and Mr Y and their company’s will be referred to as Company X and Company Y respectively due to confidential reasons. The first manager that was interviewed in order to fulfil this task was Mr X. He works for Company X‚ which is‚ a large service based organisation at the position of ‘Head of Corporate Credit Administration.’ His key responsibility at this bank is to provide credit administration support to Corporate‚ Investment
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systems. From an operational standpoint‚ the majority of IT manager responsibilities involve testing the integrity and performance of various information networks and software applications. Of course‚ since technology tends to evolve rather quickly‚ the IT manager must also periodically review and evaluate how current systems and applications are meeting the needs of the company or organization. This means that a successful IT manager should be able to identify and implement new technologies to
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and skills of a manager in any organization in Bangladesh. To complete the study‚ we conducted an interview with a manager of a reputed organization. The functions‚ role and skills of a typical manager in any organization in Bangladesh have been described below based on the study. WHO IS A MANAGER A manger is an individual who is in charge of a certain group of tasks‚ or a certain subset of a company. A manager is often has staff of people who report to him or her. A Manager is the person responsible
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