HRM 3410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Management Development, Job Rotation

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3410
• Professor: Dennis Hodgkinson

Document Summary

Management (as with hr mgmt. ) is the process of getting things done, efficiently and effectively, through and with other people and consists of: Programs: on the job off the job informational experiential. Management development is a long-term (longitudinal) process. Manager"s work focus is mainly through other people therefore design techniques tend to be different e. g. job rotation. Managerial personalities (e. g. interpersonal skills) must be taken into account. Informational role: managers must monitor and extract information from the environment, disseminate information to others, act as a spokesperson/representative. Decisional role: managers must make decisions about people, goals, and the means to attain goals. In this capacity, they act as entrepreneur, resource allocator, negotiator, and trouble-shooter. Planning: defining the direction toward which the efforts of individuals (employees) are to be focused. Organizing: establishing systems that ensure that the efforts of individuals working on major tasks are efficiently and effectively coordinated and organized.