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MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
It seems to me "thinking" is given less creditability than the doing risk-taking part of business. The whole point of progressing in any field is "Development" by whatever means necessary which fits into your way of working and lifestyle. As Nicola Horlick (1) stated and others in the past "....The one thing that I had learned was that you do not get anything unless you ask..."I learnt this lesson when young, but to add a person must learn the principle of saying "No" and hearing it said until they are ready to move onto the next stage. Therefore it is vital for managers to be sensitive to theirs and others needs. For its knowing when to teach and when to learn but also when to think and when to do - it's the dotted line which takes a practical skill. Because I believe when your "Thinking You Are Doing". There is a difference between training in specific skills and other areas of a person that needs to be developed or refined on what they already possess for: If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. Brian Tracy In regards to Job Sculpting (2) which is basically the art of matching people to jobs that allows their life interests to be expressed which is a personal development plan. This concept needs to be broaden out to include all employees not just the "best or stars" of an organisation as implied by the article on this subject in the Harvard Business Review.It should be a considered factor right from the beginning of any career endeavour, not just management with only the aim of retention, but as a career strategy in its own right as a tool for knowing and developing your potential. Therefore, in regards to management development to "benchmark" oneself totally against others. I would have thought people would have preferred the smell of their own shoes - much more pleasant. The value of judgment is a deciding factor in peoples' daily lives. It is part of the human character to continuously use their judgment faculties to gather experiences to their benefit but also so they can participate in their organisations and working life. Thus it becomes management development. From this develops performance and the necessary information required when it goes from trying to obtain perfectionism to a strategy that is on the grounds of excellence instead. For then you accept the responsibility of your career and its management changes seeing its potential grow as well as managment training and the standard of training quality are all linked. REFERENCE SOURCES: (1) Nicola Horlick - Can You Have It All? (Page 72) published in 1997 by Macmillan Publishers. (2) Job Sculpting Article, Harvard Business Review (Sept-Oct 1999 issue, page 144-152) by Timothy Bulter and James Waldroop.
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