HRM 3410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Job Rotation, Goal Setting, Tim Hortons

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3410
• Professor: Ken Mc Bey

Document Summary

Compared with employee training, management development is technical in nature as it is tailored around manager"s personality (experiential learning) and their needs (people"s skills to work with people). Therefore, it focuses on people skills ; relies heavily on experiential techniques; takes into account individual differences in personality and preferences is a longitudinal and gradual process: has unique strategic significance. 55% of canadian organizations consider the development of their leadership a top development priority. Why is management development important: managers are responsible for ensuring that an organization functions effectively and efficiently, managers are most responsible for an organizational financial and psychological health. Management development: refer to the complex processes by which individuals learn to perform effectively in managerial roles. Interpersonal role: developing relationships with other people in order to achieve goals of the organizations. Informational role: monitoring the environment to accumulate information pertinent to the attainment of organizational goals. They also become the spokesperson on behalf of the organization.