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Excerpt from our Introduction to Management manual (for Management Training Courses London)...available as 2 or 1 day management training courses

The Manager’s Role

What is a Manager?

In the context of business organisation, management might be described as follows:

Managers’ Responsibilities:
- Meet busines s goals, vision, and objectives
- Supervise and be responsible for the performance of team members
- Hire, train, and develop employees
- Identify prob lems and come up with solutions
- Share responsibility for the growth and success of the company

Effective Management:
- Task oriented
- Develops strategies to reach goals
- Uses job descriptions to define how work is done
- Goals are based on the organisation's priorities
- Predicts and adapts to change
- Consistently evaluates and looks for ways to improve current methods

Efficient Management:
- Work oriented
- Strives to keep the present system running well
- Adheres strictly to job requirements
- Avoids arbitrary change
- Monitors work and procedures

Action Centred Management

John Adair proposes the following, much simpler, model for leadership:

Task --> Individual --> Team

The elements are interlinked, which means that efforts in any of the three aspects will impact the other two.

We can then explore the manager's responsibilities through each of these lenses:

Individual:
- Understand
- Enable
- Provide feedback
- Develop
- Grow
- Provide feedback

Task:
- Set standards
- Define task
- Prioritise
- Monitor
- Control
- Report
- Review

Team:
- Create environment
- Resolve conflict
- Establish standards
- Encourage
- Keep focus
- Lead
- Build

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