Management consists of five processes, namely, planning, organizing, leading, coordinating and controlling. Management is basically an organization activity, the organization of work and resources, to achieve success. The successful organization of work and resources requires careful planning. Effective planning involves foresight. One should be aware of the potential threats and be prepared to fight them. It is important to lead the team and guide the team members towards success. While organizing and leading a group of people, management plays a vital role in achieving coordination among members and in exercising control. Management is such a vast subject that it becomes difficult to restrict the definition of management to a few processes. Management is complex and critical and hence it is not right to confine its description to some management processes. Believing in the vastness of this subject, some prefer defining management as ‘all that managers do’. But what does a manager do? A manager is responsible for the successful implementation of business processes by putting to use his management skills. A good manager needs to adhere to the fundamental management principles and exhibit basic management skills.
Basic Management Skills to Acquire
Leadership: This is one of the most important management skills. Leadership comprises efficient organization of resources in achieving a company’s goal. Leadership involves the management of human resources by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each member of the team. It is about leading people and guiding them towards the accomplishment of a common goal. Leadership includes allocation of work to the resources, planning for the implementation of tasks assigned and helping the team with task completion.
Team Building: This is another basic management skill that includes dealing with people, the most important resource of an organization. Encouraging the team members to come up with ideas and allowing them to make mistakes and learn from them can be described as a team building skill. To build a team, one needs to foster team spirit in all the team members. For the team to feel motivated to work, it is important for a manager to cater to their expectations, recognize their strengths and understand where they lack. The building of a team is about building team spirit in members. The skill lies in knowing the team and encouraging members to take initiative and participate in every venture of the company.
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