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Becoming a New Manager
Becoming a New Manager
By: Shannon Quinn
Sources:
Adrianse, Lora J. "How To Prevent Your New
Manager From Becoming A Statistic."
How To Prevent Your New Manager From Becoming A Statistic. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.
Daft, Richard L., and Dorothy Marcic.
Understanding Management. Mason, OH:
Thomson/South-Western, 2004. Print.
"How New Managers Become Great Managers." --
HBS Working Knowledge. N.p., 18 Aug. 2003
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A few guidelines that will help the transition:
A little inside information:
1. Avoid Micromanagement
2. Learn to delegate
3. Know your boundaries
4. Do not gossip about others
5. Observe: Ask questions and
gain feedback
6. Earn your RESPECT
Management
How do I make the leap into management?
Our book defines management as the attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational resources.
Unfortunately, there is no definition that says how one becomes a good manager. Trial by error is the best way to describe becoming a new manager.
Going from Peer to Manager.
From Individual
Identity
To Manager
Identity
- Specialists
- Gets things done through own effort
- Independent workers
- Generalists
- Gets things done through others
- networks
- highly interdepen-dent worker
Management Roles:
Three categories include:
1. Informational
2. Interpersonal
3. Decisional
Decisional:
Informational:
Questions?
Interpersonal:
1. Monitor: maintain contacts and seek and receive information.
2. Disseminator: Keep communications with other organizations
3. Spokesperson: Transmit info through speeches reports, and or memos.
1. Entrepreneur: Initiate improvement projects; identify new ideas, delegate idea responsibility to others
2. Disturbance handler: Take corrective action during disputes; resolve conflicts among subordinates.
3. Resource allocator: Decide who gets resources; schedule, budget, and set priorities.
4. Negotiator: Represent department during sales, purchases, budgets; represent departmental interests.
1. Figurehead: perform duties such as greeting customers, signing legal documents.
2. Leader: Direct, motivate, train, and communicate with subordinates.
3. Liaison: Maintain information links inside and outside organizations; Email, phone, and meetings.