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Managerial Skills: Types and Development

The document outlines essential skills for managers, emphasizing that skills are the ability to translate knowledge into action. It classifies managerial skills into technical, human, and conceptual categories, and discusses methods for skill development and their importance in fostering a positive work environment. Key skills highlighted include problem-solving, creativity, collaboration, and leadership.

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Managerial Skills: Types and Development

The document outlines essential skills for managers, emphasizing that skills are the ability to translate knowledge into action. It classifies managerial skills into technical, human, and conceptual categories, and discusses methods for skill development and their importance in fostering a positive work environment. Key skills highlighted include problem-solving, creativity, collaboration, and leadership.

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Introduction to

essential skills for


Managers
A skill is person’s ability to convert his/her knowledge into
action
Features of Managerial Skill
• Behavioural
• Controllable
• Can be developed
• Interrelated and overlapping
• Contradictory
Classification of skills
• Technical skill – Top level
• Human skill – Middle level
• Conceptual skill – Lower level
Methods of skill development
• Conceptual – In-Basket, Case study, Business games
• Human skill – Role play, Sensitivity
• Technical – On the job, behavioral, Coaching,
Understudy
Importance of Managerial skill
• To creating a good work environment
• To understand people
• To foster a community of growth
Essential skill for Manager
• Problem-solving
• Creativity
• Collaboration
• Interpersonal skill
• Strategic Thinking
• Empathy
• Critical Thinking
• Leadership
• Communication
• Forward planning
• Motivation
• Value and culture
Problem solving – “It is cognitive processing
directed at achieving a goal when no solution
method is obvious to problem solver”
• Steps –
• Defining the problem
• Setting overall objective
• Conducting a root cause analysis
• Generating alternative interventions
• Performing comparative analysis of alternatives
• Selecting the best intervention and explaining the decision
• Developing an implementation plan and implementing
• Developing evaluation plan and evaluating

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