Management Skills
Effectiveness of a manager's activity depends on certain important skills. These skills can be divided into seven different categories: conceptual, decision making, analytic, administrative, communicational, interpersonal and technical.
A conceptual skill is the ability of a manager to see the "general picture" of an organization. Managers must understand how their duties and the duties of other managers fit together to plan their activity" in a proper way and get the required results. This skill is very important for top managers because it helps them plan "super goals" and develop proper strategies for the whole organization.
Adecision making skillis the ability of a manager to choose the best course of actions of two or more alternatives. A manager must decide the following:
What objectives and goals must be reached?
What strategy must be implemented?
3) What resources must be used and how they must be distributed?
4) What kind of control is needed?
In short, managers are responsible for the most important decisions which are required to carry out any organizational activity.
An analytic skill is the ability to determine the most important problem of many other problems and identify the causes of each problem before implementing a proper action plan. This ability is especially important for top managers because they have to solve complex problems.
An administrative skill is the ability of a manager to keep to the organizational rules specified for the production process, within a limited budget, and coordinate the flow of information and paper work in his group and in other groups.
A communicational skill is the ability of a manager to share his ideas and opinions with other people both orally and in writing. This skill is a decisive factor of a manager's success. Some investigations show that top managers and middle managers spend approximately 80% of their work time in communicating with each other. Thus, a communication skill enables managers to hold meetings, write clear letters and explanatory notes, make reports, etc.
An interpersonal skill (psychological skill) is the ability to deal effectively with other people both inside and outside the organization. It is the ability to understand the needs and motives of other people. This skill is very important for a good psychological atmosphere for successful activity in the common work in future. If the interpersonal relations are good, a manager will be successful in getting a support in the development and implementation of organizational plans.
A technical skill is a specific competence to accomplish a task. The lower is a manager's level in the organization, the closer is his/her connection with the production process. Thus first-line managers have the closest connection with the production process. They need high technical skills to provide technical guidance for the subordinates. Top managers don't need these skills as much as first-line managers but the knowledge of the technical sphere is useful for all the managers.
Find the English equivalents for the following.
Эффективность; навыки; навыки принятия решений; производственный процесс; психологическое мастерство; цель; обязанность; стратегия; концептуальные навыки; доклад (отчет); требуемые результаты; разрабатывать соответствующие стратегии; способность; курс действий; благоприятная психологическая атмосфера; отношения между людьми; осуществление организационных планов; обеспечивать техническое руководство; подчиненный; делить; согласовывать(ся); выбирать; решать проблемы; достигать; осуществлять; распределять; выполнять; давать возможность; проводить (собрание).
Complete the following sentences according to the text.
1. Effectiveness of a manager's activity depends on ___________________________
2. A conceptual skill is the ability of a manager to see _________________________
3. A decision making skill is the ability of a manager to choose the best course of actions of ________________________________________
4. An analytic skill is the ability to determine the most important problems and identify the causes of each problem before _________________________________
5. An interpersonal skill is very important for _______________________________
6. A technical skill is a specific competence to accomplish ____________________
7. First-line managers have the closest connection with _______________________
Translate into English:
1. Навыки человеческих отношений (психологические навыки) — это способность менеджеров эффективно взаимодействовать с другими людьми.
2. Этот навык имеет большое значение для благоприятной психологической атмосферы в организации.
3. Концептуальные навыки — это способность менеджера представлять «общую картину» организации.
4. Концептуальные навыки имеют очень большое значение для старших менеджеров, потому что оно помогает им планировать и разрабатывать стратегии организации в целом.
5. Административные навыки – это способность менеджера исполнять организационные правила, предписанные для процесса производства.
6. Аналитические навыки особенно важны для высших менеджеров, потому что они должны решать сложные проблемы.
7. Менеджеры должны понимать, как их обязанности согласуются с обязанностями других менеджеров.
8. Менеджеры ответственны за наиболее важные решения, требуемые для выполнения любой организационной деятельности.
Agree or disagree with the statements below:
1. Effectiveness of a manager's activity depends on five different categories.
2. A conceptual skill is the ability of a manager to choose the best course of actions of two or more alternatives.
3. A conceptual skill is very important for top managers because it helps them plan "super goals”.
4. A communicational skill is the ability to understand the needs and motives of other people.
5. An interpersonal skill is the ability to deal effectively with other people.
6. A technical skill is a specific competence to accomplish a task.
7. Top managers need technical skill more than first-line managers.
Translate into English:
1. Для успешного выполнения функций менеджер должен обладать основными управленческими навыками: техническими; концептуальными, а также навыками общения с людьми. Помимо навыков, менеджер должен обладать и базовыми знаниями в той области, где он работает. Эти знания включают информацию о технологиях, о компании и о людях, работающих в этой компании. Технические навыки означают знание технологических процессов и умение их использовать наиболее эффективно. Навыки общения с людьми помогают менеджеру успешно взаимодействовать с людьми, понимать их и мотивировать их работу с целью достижения поставленных целей.
2. Концептуальные навыки имеют отношение к идеям и способности управленца видеть организацию как единое целое. Управленцу необходимо иметь концептуальные навыки для того, чтобы представить, как отдельные части организации взаимодействуют и зависят друг от друга.
3. Помимо этого, концептуальные навыки помогают менеджеру понять интеграцию и координацию всех процессов и систем внутри организации, и вне нее. Работа менеджера оценивается с точки зрения двух параметров; эффективности и продуктивности. Эффективность работы менеджера оценивается с точки зрения, правильно выбранных целей и путей их осуществления.
4. Продуктивность означает минимальные затраты средств и времени на выполнение поставленных задач.
5. В работе менеджера важны обе эти составляющие.
- If you play your cards right … starting up
- Business is to make profit for the company’s shareholders.
- What is your own philosophy of business?
- Listening
- What do you think of Body Shop’s business philosophy?
- Vocabulary
- Match the words with their meanings
- Complete the sentences with the words from a. Change the form of a word if required.
- Reading Developing a Mission Statement
- The Business Vision and Company Mission Statement
- Core values
- Core Purpose
- Visionary Goals
- Case study Background
- Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
- Starting up
- Vocabulary
- Hierarchy
- Board of Directors
- Responsibilities/functions
- Managers and executives: uk
- Managers and executives: us
- Philips is a major multinational company which has almost 30,000 trademarks registered worldwide.
- Reading
- Look at the photos. Which departments of a company do they represent?
- Listening
- Translate from Russian into English
- Case study Background
- Unit 3 Organization Forms and Company Presentation
- Angry scenes as members reject
- Partnership
- Unit 4 Key Management Skills
- Vocabulary
- For managers, the three key skill types are technical, human and conceptual. Match them to their definitions and examples.
- Listening
- Reading
- Management Skills
- Supplementary discussion: women in management
- The Roddick Phenomenon
- The New Achievers
- Case study Background
- Everything that can be said can be said clearly.
- Starting up
- What other factors are important for communication? Discuss these questions.
- I can stay cool when I am in the middle of a conflict.
- Vocabulary
- Which of the words above have the following meanings?
- Reading
- Hard Sell around the Photocopier
- Grammar
- Case study
- The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
- Vidal Sassoon, hairstylist
- Starting up
- At the Forefront of Innovation
- Vocabulary
- New Coke for Old
- Ford Edsel: Remember My Name
- Keeping Your Confidence Up
- 1. A four-year contract
- 2. Maximum advertising at the football ground