Management Development

- Harish Chand (012BIM015)

Continuing Education

• New knowledge is being created at a very fast rate. Employees need continual updating of knowledge, skills and abilities.

• Continuing education involves a programme of lifelong educational activities to maintain and develop competence in terms of knowledge, skills, abilities and potential for growth.

Types of Continual Education Activities

• Structured:a. Attending: Attendance in conferences, seminars, conventions, symposiums and

workshops.

b. Presenting: Presentation of papers and delivery of lectures at seminars or conferences. Participation in panel discussions.

c. Serving: Serving as member of study group, working group, committees, and work teams.

d. Publishing: Publishing articles for journals and newspapers, publishing books.

• Unstructured:a. e-Learning: Internet and web-based learning.

b. Self-learning: Learning from programmed courses.

c. Pursuing: Pursuing higher educational degree through open university.

d. Others: Other activities that increase the competency of employees.

Management Development (Concept)

• Management development is a systematic process of improving managerial performance.

• It prepares managers to handle present and future responsibilities.

• It develops managerial potential.

• Management development is given to managerial employees who supervise the activities of others.

Contd…

• It develops managerial potential by increasing conceptual, interpersonal, and decision making skills.

• It develops managerial capability to manage effectively.

• Management development is future oriented.

• Its target are managers.

According to DeCenzo and Robbins:

“Management development is future-oriented training, focusing on personal growth of the employee.”

Objectives

• Increase managerial capabilities• Enhance managerial potential• Foster team work• Facilitate environmental adaptation• Improve managerial decision making• Facilitate managerial succession• Improve managerial job satisfaction

Methods of Management Development

• On-the-job Methods: They consists of:

- Coaching- Understudy- Job Rotation- Planned work assignments- Internship

• Off-the-job Methods: They consist of:

- Lecture/Seminar/Education- Simulation exercises: Case study, Role play, Decision games- Behavior Modeling- Sensitivity Training- Transactional Analysis

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