THE EFFECTIVE MANAGER

The Effective Manager

Executive Summary

This paper is going to discuss the abilities which help a person in becoming an effective manager. It will be discussing the problem solving technique a manager must be aware in order to cope up with the problems and conflicts in the organisation; the decision making skills, the importance of managing time effectively, and also discusses the personal strengths and weaknesses a manager must know in order to inspire other people. Managers, by definition, are decision-makers. One of the roles of the manager is just taking a series of decisions large and small. Making the right decision every time is the ambition of those who practice management. Doing so requires having a thorough knowledge and extensive experience in the field. Time management is really necessary for a manager to be successful in his career as a manager and a leader. If he would not manage his time effectively, he wouldn't be able to influence other people working under him.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary2

Introduction4

Problem Solving Techniques4

Decision Making5

Types of management decisions6

As Decision Makers6

Rationality and Decision Making7

Process for Decision Making7

Alternative Development8

Basis for selecting the alternatives9

Time Management10

Personal Development11

My Strengths11

My Weaknesses11

My Future as a Manager11

Conclusion and Recommendations12

References13

The Effective Manager

Introduction

This paper is going to discuss the abilities which help a person in becoming an effective manager. It will be discussing the problem solving technique a manager must be aware in order to cope up with the problems and conflicts in the organisation; the decision making skills, the importance of managing time effectively, and also discusses the personal strengths and weaknesses a manager must know in order to inspire other people.

Problem Solving Techniques

For this, firstly, I have to identify the problem which my department is facing these days. The most important problem is the conflicts between some of the employees. It is affecting the productivity level of them and hence its impact is on the overall department.

For solving the problem, I need to go through the following process:

Challenge the assumptions: since as a manager of this department, I want to remove all of the conflicts from my department's people. I should go for a hang out with them on a picnic or somewhere at lunch. I guess this would be an appropriate idea for getting the conflicts off my department (Gregory, 2000, 89).

Breaking big problems into smaller ones: having conflicts within the organisation is not good for the company. Eventually, it affects the overall performance of the organisation. Therefore, this problem should not be taken non-seriously. In fact the problem should be addressed as soon as possible. Thus, I need to break this bigger problem into smaller ones. For example, firstly, I should go for the main cause of the conflict. And then I should plan out how to solve the problem one by one. I should make them confront each other and then solve out the conflict. For this, I have to arrange some informal meeting to get them closer (Anzai, 1999, ...