Professional Development for Strategic Managers
BTECH EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN STRATEGIC CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STRATEGIC MANAGERS (UNIT 2)
EDEXCEL BTECH LEVEL 7
ZOHAIB HUSSAIN KAZI
LCAM / PB / 10454
PRESENTED AS A PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF
ADVANCE PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT
LEVEL 7
SEPTEMBER 2010.
TASK – 1
A. Identify the skills required for strategic management and leadership with supporting examples from your own experience and academic literature on management and leadership. Prepare a list of the skills that you have identified.
MANAGEMENT: - According to Bannok et al (2002: pg. 202) the meaning of management is “A method of coordinating and motivating a firm’s, workforce by dividing the organization’s goal into specific objectives for each section, department and individual”.
LEARDERSHIP: - Bannok et al (2002: pp. 193) state that leadership is “the ability to influence a group of people towards the achievement of goals”.
In an organization management and leadership are very important. An effective management can only be done by proper leadership skills. Only a manager who has leadership skills can conquer the objectives of the organization. A manager is the key person who can increase and decrease the value of organization because he is the person who is neither in administration nor in public but a proper person from administrative side and workable person from public side.
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
According to Industrial Society (1990: pp 2) “the basis of manager’s job can be divided into three skills:
1. Technical 2. Administration 3. Achieving Results through people”.
1. Technical: - a manager should have enough technical knowledge to understand the work and distribute accordingly.
2. Administration: - a manager should have a full control of his team as administrative and can make public to do the work.
3. Achieving Results through people: - a manager should have a sufficient quality and quantity to qualify for achieving
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR STRATEGIC MANAGERS (UNIT 2)
EDEXCEL BTECH LEVEL 7
ZOHAIB HUSSAIN KAZI
LCAM / PB / 10454
PRESENTED AS A PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF
ADVANCE PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT
LEVEL 7
SEPTEMBER 2010.
TASK – 1
A. Identify the skills required for strategic management and leadership with supporting examples from your own experience and academic literature on management and leadership. Prepare a list of the skills that you have identified.
MANAGEMENT: - According to Bannok et al (2002: pg. 202) the meaning of management is “A method of coordinating and motivating a firm’s, workforce by dividing the organization’s goal into specific objectives for each section, department and individual”.
LEARDERSHIP: - Bannok et al (2002: pp. 193) state that leadership is “the ability to influence a group of people towards the achievement of goals”.
In an organization management and leadership are very important. An effective management can only be done by proper leadership skills. Only a manager who has leadership skills can conquer the objectives of the organization. A manager is the key person who can increase and decrease the value of organization because he is the person who is neither in administration nor in public but a proper person from administrative side and workable person from public side.
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
According to Industrial Society (1990: pp 2) “the basis of manager’s job can be divided into three skills:
1. Technical 2. Administration 3. Achieving Results through people”.
1. Technical: - a manager should have enough technical knowledge to understand the work and distribute accordingly.
2. Administration: - a manager should have a full control of his team as administrative and can make public to do the work.
3. Achieving Results through people: - a manager should have a sufficient quality and quantity to qualify for achieving
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