Why I should be appointed a manager
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Create a 5-Minute Pitch. Imagine that you are hoping to move into a management position that has become available in your organization. You see the hiring manager, but she has only five minutes available to talk. How do you determine what is important to share in this short amount of time and what you can leave out?
Consider how you would like to present your case to the hiring manager, especially why you would be the best candidate for the management position. You know the hiring manager is very interested in learning about your management philosophy and will likely ask you to summarize the most important skills that you believe managers must have. In addition, you should be prepared to explain the reasons why you think that managers succeed and fail.
What would be the most important elements that you could share with a hiring manager in the limited 5 minutes she has available to talk? With this in mind, develop a script for your 5-Minute Pitch as your first professional reflection that cohesively addresses the following:
Identify the three most important attributes—skills, behaviors, and characteristics—of effective managers and why you have selected these attributes, based on what you believe managers do.
Evaluate the extent to which you think you have the characteristics that managers possess, along with examples that illustrate these characteristics. (Remember, you are developing a script to make a case about why you would be effective in a new management role.)
Explain how you anticipate this knowledge will help you be an effective manager.
Delineate some specific reasons as to why you believe that some individuals are more successful as managers and others are not. Explain your reasoning. To what extent do the characteristics that you outlined contribute to success or failure?
What strategies will you use to continue to develop your skills and knowledge of your own strengths as they relate to your management success. What will you do (and not do) to ensure that you are an effective manager?
Following your 5-Minute Pitch, respond to the following, in which you:
Explain whether your opinion about management characteristics has changed.
Learning Resources, especially:
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_28.htm
Achievement Unlimited [Achievement Unlimited]. (2010, August 18). Management skills - Why managers fail [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5u0RqEjgYw
Horstman, M. (2016). The effective manager. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Chapter 1, "What is an Effective Manager?"
Chapter 2, "The Four Critical Behaviors"
Wiseman, L. (2015, October 2). New managers: Embrace your rookie status. Harvard Business Review.
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5-Minute Pitch
I will be the best candidate for the management position because I have the commitment, knowledge, and versatility required for being a good manager. Besides, I have an intuition that will help me in the position of a manager. Moreover, I have creativity, the ability to organize, and structure work with proper guidelines. Moreover, I am an excellent candidate for the position because I am good in written, electronic, and oral communication. I also have excellent knowledge of project management, business ethics, and human resource management.
My philosophy for management is that management should provide supervision, direction, and leadership to employees. Moreover, the manager should be a model for subordinates. The explanation for my philosophy is that supervision and direction increase the efficiency and productivity of employees. Leadership is required to motivate employees. Finally, as a model, the manager should exemplify behaviors that will create a culture that is aligned with the goals of the company.
The most important skills that managers should have are problem-solving, innovation, and relationship development with customers. Furthermore, the managers should have the ability to understand the needs of stakeholders, developing new ideas, and building trust. Most importantly, the manager should have social intelligence and emotional intelligence. The manager should have planning skills, communication skills, and delegation skills. He must have decision-making skills, the skills of ...
Education
- MBA, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
- BSc, University of Calcutta
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