Assignment
Introduction: You have recently been promoted to Manager, but Management Positions come with surprisingly little guidance. Managers are faced with ill-defined jobs and intense pressure from above and below. Well-meaning managers resort to micromanagement, detachment, grandstanding or incompetence.
Follow the outline format below.
Part I: Identify the desired organization you would like to work for
Mission/ Purpose
Positive Practices in managing staff/how do they treat employees?
Positive practices in how they treat customers?
Part II: Mentors and Positive Managers and Leaders
Identify positive Leadership/Mentor/Role Models that you know.
Why are they successful?
Part III: Motivation and Management Theories and Practices
From the text and other resources what Motivation and Management theories and practices will influence you as a manager? Why?
Part IV: Human Resources
What practices and strategies will you take to select the best possible staff?
What ideas and strategies will you follow to give employees ongoing feedback and appraisals?
Part V: Leading, Motivating, Communicating
Describe your leadership style. What specific traits will you try to develop and implement?
Describe how you will delegate work and empower your staff. How will you follow up on assignments given to staff?
How will you create culture of teamwork, cooperation, collaboration, and sharing?
Part VI: Budgets, Controls
Explain the budget, purchasing strategies, and practices you will implement.
What are strategies and practices for sharing information with your staff? Suppliers? Your Manager?
Resource List
Include a list of resources used in writing this paper. Examples are included in D2L and online.