Categories: All - skills - efficiency - performance - management

by Sylvia Anne 4 years ago

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MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES

Navigating turbulent times demands that organizations prioritize both effectiveness and efficiency. Performance is a crucial metric, influenced by how well resources like raw materials, funds, and personnel are utilized.

MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES

MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES

Type in the name of the company you are going to have an interview with.

Management Types

How ambitious are you?

Horizontal Differences
General Manager

Responsible for several department

Function of Manager

Responsible for a department that performs a single function task

Marketing

Finance

Vertical Differences
First-line Manager

Directly responsible for overseeing groups od production employees

A the first or second of the hierarchy

Project Manager

Where and how do you see yourself in 5 years time?


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Responsible for temporary work project

Middle Manager

What are your long-term goals ?


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Responsible for a major divisions or departments

Work at the middle level of the organization

Top Manager

What are your short-term goals ?


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Responsible for the entire organization

At the apex of the organizational hierarchy

Management Skills

Managers require
Skills
Abilities
A manager's weekness
Crisis
Change
Stressful times of uncertainty
The reasons managers fail
Poor interpersonal skills
Poor communication
Technical Skill

What experience have you got from your previous jobs? Make sure you specify all your previous work experience, part-time jobs, vacation jobs, voluntary work, and unpaid work experience that are relevant for the position you are applying for.

Human Skill

Describe a typical work day in your previous/current position.

Conceptual Skill

Why will/did you leave your existing/last job?

Organizational Performance

Performance
Effectiveness
Efficiency

How would you describe yourself?


Type in a short description.

Pertains to the amount of resources used to produce a desired volume of output

People

Money

Raw materials

Organization

What are your hobbies?


What do you like to do in your free time? What was the last film you saw or the last book you read? Think of the activities that relax you the most. Fill in several hobbies.

Deliberately stryctured
Goal directed

The Four Management Function

Are you qualified for this position?


Interviewers will want to know whether or not you are able to do the job.

Answer the questions from this section and see if you are the right person for this position.

What can you do for this job that other candidates can't? Why?

Make corrections
Monitor activities

Which qualities were easily observed by your colleagues and/or your former/existing boss?

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Use influence to motivate employees

What are your weaknesses?


Examples:

stubbornoverly critical, can't accept authoritytoo demandingtoo talkativetoo quiettoo sensitivelacking assertivenesslacking social tact
Assign responsibility for task accomplishment

What strengths qualify you for this job?



Example:

ambitiousgood communicatorfocuseddeterminedadaptablecuriousoptimisthard workerhonestpoliteco-operativeself motivatedenthusiasticgood leaderstrategic thinkerquick learnerflexiblegood problem solver
Select goals and ways to attain them

The Definition Of Management

Research the company

You should find and learn as much as you can about the company where you are having an interview.

The interviewer will want to see what you know about them and why you chose the company.

Doing your homework will show that you are really interested.

Innovative management

What can you do for this company that someone else can't?


Type in several unique traits that will turn you into the perfect candidate for the position.

Facebook's success can be attributed to the effectiveness of its innovative management
Critical in today's turbulent world
Management

What do you know about the company?


Type a short description of the company's background.

Defined ad the attainment of organization goals in effective and efficient through

Controlling

Leading

Organizing

Planning

A different experience from what people expect
Manager get things done by

Why do you want to work for this company?


Think of what you can do for them, not of what they can do for you.

Motivating other people
Coordinating