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Management & Supervision

 

Management Development

     Management over the last quarter century has taken on many new and complex dimensions, and this trend is likely to continue. Advancing technology has created new and exciting possibilities in every organization. Progress creates challenge, and the challenge facing management today is: developing an organization that can meet tomorrow's goals while continuing to meet the daily challenges of today. To balance these organizational demands, managers need a systematic approach to their jobs. They need Management Development.

     Management Development involves the what and how of training and understanding the why of a situation. The result is managers who are working because they want to and because they understand why and how they are essential to the organization's goals. These managers know that the goals can be achieved, obstacles can be overcome and problems can be solved.

     This program makes Management Development not only possible, but eminently profitable. Individually, each manager reflects the behavior and attitude of a goal-directed manager. Collectively they form a powerful force that literally assures the achievement of corporate goals.

Key Areas:

  • The Manager as a Leader
  • Goal Setting for Success
  • Your Action Plan
  • Confidence
  • Work Environment and Motivation
  • Decision Making
  • Management Communications and Human Relations
  • Managing Your Time Use
  • Developing Subordinates Through Goal Setting
  • Dealing with Negative Behavior
 

Supervisory Development

     In today's business, the supervisor is the "main link" between the company's goals and the people who must accomplish those goals. Because of the functions of supervisors and the major role they play, it is obvious that good supervisors are the key to the success of any organization. Many of the supervisor's daily decisions affect profits, attitudes and morale. With a role and a function of this magnitude, it would seem logical that the process of becoming a supervisor would require years of training. However, most supervisors have had little or no training in supervisory skills. Almost universally, today's supervisory force is made up of men and women who have been promoted from being a super worker to being a supervisor.

     The Supervision process is a structured, open-ended, pragmatic approach to developing supervisors. It is not a teaching program, but a developing program designed to engage supervisors in a process that results in personal and professional growth. The development of more effective supervisors has a direct correlation to an increase in the productivity and profits of a company.

Key Areas:

  • The Successful Supervisor
  • Goal Setting
  • Your Action Plan
  • You and Your Self
  • Confidence: The Critical Ingredient
  • Leading for Results
  • Managing and Controlling Your Use of Time
  • Motivation
  • Communications
  • Upward Communications
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Discipline: Word and Concept
  • Developing Subordinates
  • Decision Making and Problem Solving

 

 
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     The America's Rising Stars Process is designed to help today's youth develop their personal leadership skills. Leadership is essential in enabling youth to develop character, confidence, and values that promote the understanding of healthy behavior.
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