MODULE 4
Professional Development
and Applied Ethics
Preparing to Step Up a Management Role
Most employees strive for promotions that will eventually lead to a role in
management.
Good management skills can positively impact productivity, performance and
overall employee morale, “ Rosemary Haefner” vice president of human
resources at CareerBuilder. We see more companies investing in
management training programs to develop today’s and tomorrow’s leaders.
Objective:
➢ Discuss various steps that employees at all levels can take to prepare
themselves for management positions.
Critical Thinking Question
How do you prepare yourself for a supervisory/managerial?
Step Up to
Preparing Yourself to Move into a Management Role
1. How do you make the move into a team leader or management
capacity?
2. As many of us envision our future, it often involve moving up the
corporate ladder, but often times we’re unsure how to achieve that
goal.
3. How do you take the next steps into more of a leadership a
managerial role?
This are some tips If you are looking to pursue a move into
management
1. Understand major components of management and leadership.
2. Communicate interest.
3. Shadow.
4. Invest personal time to develop both your leadership and management
skills.
5. Inquire about Internal Leadership Development Programs.
6. Start to take on some of the responsibilities of the job you want.
7. Start the process of networking, and leverage your network.
8. Consider advance degrees or certifications.
9. Identify opportunities to gain skills on personal time.
1. Understand major components of management and leadership.
Kate Murray study (2015)
“ if you’re aspiring to be in higher or managerial position, it is important to
know first the major components of leadership and management or
understand first the responsibilities and skills”.
▪ Communication
▪ Leadership
▪ Building and managing teams
▪ Resource management
▪ Budgeting
▪ Motivating
▪ Delegation
▪ Dealing with difficult people
▪ Interviewing
▪ Hiring and firing
▪ Performance review
2. Communicate interest.
According to Kate Murray (2015) in her study, “communication of your
goals and interests to the right people is often the key towards a
promotion/career progress”.
➢ Be clear in vocalizing your interest and working with your manager on
a development plan to help you move in the direction you want to go.
3. Shadow
a. you can ask your mentor what you
can do to help you improved your resume
and skills.
b. OJT involves working with another
employee who might have a different job in
hand, have something to teach.
c. what is like to perform a particular job at a
work place.
4. Invest personal time to develop both your leadership and
management skills.
Regardless of industry position or qualification, management skills are
fundamental building blocks of a successful future.
5. inquire about internal leadership development programs.
Kate Murray said, most companies have several training programs.
➢ Leadership programs
6. Start to take on some of the responsibilities of the job you want.
One of the best ways to get ahead is to find a way to start doing the responsibilities
found within the job you want.
➢ Lists down some responsibilities found within the job you want.
➢ Discuss it to your boss.
➢ Offer help out of those tasks. ◙ interviewing candidates
◙ leading meetings
◙ training
7. Start the process of networking, and leverage your network.
Networking leads to increased opportunity and, if possible, it’s a good idea to build
strong working relationships with the individuals that can assist in helping you to
achieve your next career move.
➢ Talking to people and learning from their experiences.
8. Consider advance degrees or certifications.
continue professional development
provides a panoramic view of an
individual’s skill set.
Continual upskilling boosts confidence and
empowers the individual to become more
proficient in their role.
9. to gain skills on personal time.
It improves our communication skills and it can help you to build and nourish
long-term relationships with others and of course for possible future project.
The benefits of membership in Professional Organizations.
Organization can provide opportunities for speaking engagements, career
specialization, publication, scholarship and training programs.
Moving Towards a Management Role.
Moving into a higher responsibility or in management roles involve more than
just managing people, supervising projects and schedules. Expect that you will
perform the role of a leader which involves guiding people, communicating a vision
of success, and motivating, inspiring and aligning people to accomplish certain
goals.
Always identify the career path you want to get into: like being a
management trainee position? technical lead? Technical manager? Spend time to
reflect or think about the responsibilities you want to have, in an effort to determine
the type of role you really want.
1. Jot down all the key responsibilities you want to be associated with your
target role.
2. Inquire and pursue a certification or degree that would be helpful to your
target career like six sigma certification, project management, or any
certification that is related to your point of interest.
3. Always develop a line of questioning in advance to familiarize yourself or to
widen your idea about the unquestionable things.
4. Make an opportunity to participate in any meetings like free webinar,
tradeshow, product launches etc. always remember, you don’t need to be a
member of associations to attend meetings/events, your goal is to have an
idea about the flow program and how to manage or lead the establishment.
5. Spend at least 3 hours a week of surfing online, training about management
and leadership topics like Leadership in the Modern Workplace, Leadership
Essentials, Management Essentials, Leadership and management Skills, and
Servant Leadership.
REFERENCES
Professional Development and Applied Ethics
- Prof. John Paul Guevarra Buenaventura,
- Prof. Liberty Buenaventura-Gutierrez,
- Prof. Aldrin Cauzon Agasen
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ASSESSMENT
Republic of the Philippines
CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY
General Trias City Campus
Bacoor City, Cavite
☏ (046) 509-4148
Name of Learners: ________________ Date: _______________ 2022
Year level: _______________________ Instructor: Mr. Lemuel V. Ortega Jr.
Subject: Professional Dev’t. and Applied Ethics ACTIVITY: PERFORMANCE TASK
ESSAY: (10 points.)
1. What do you think are the advantages of managerial career?
2. What are the benefits of participating in professional organizations?
