Personnel Management (The Art of Management)

Description

What skills you will obtain with this course:

There are just as many definitions of what management is as managers in the world. We can define management as: Management is an individual or a group of individuals that accept responsibilities to run an organisation. They plan, organise, direct and control all the essential activities of the organisation. Management does not do the work themselves. They motivate others to do the work and co-ordinate (i.e. bring together) all the work for achieving the objectives of the organisation. Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership attributes, such as beliefs, values, ethics, character, knowledge, and skills.

Although your position as a manager, supervisor, lead, etc. gives you the authority to accomplish certain tasks and objectives in the organization, this power does not make you a leader…it simply makes you the boss. Leadership differs in that it makes the followers want to achieve high goals, rather than simply bossing people around.

Good leaders are made not born. If you have the desire and willpower, you can become an effective leader. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, education, training, and experience. This course will help you through that process. To inspire your workers into higher levels of teamwork, there are certain things you must be, know and do. These do not come naturally, but are acquired through continual work and study. Good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their leadership skills; they are NOT sitting back and doing nothing.

Learning Units:

1. Defining maangement
2. Role of Maangers in an Organisational Role
3. Management Competencies
4. Communication
5. Motivation
6. Performance Appraisals. Deligation and Decision Making