HR Definitions

Management training is the process of acquiring the skills, knowledge, and appropriate behaviours necessary to fill a Management position.

Management includes the range of decisions and actions directed at optimising the use of an organisation's resources towards the achievement of its purpose.

There are a wide range of managerial positions, each with a different focus. Therefore, the skills required can vary for job position to job position.

The range of resources in an organisation that require managerial involvement include:

• People with their skills and knowledge
• Money
• Property, Real Estate
• Machinery
• Equipment
• Knowledge and Intellectual Property (trade marks and patents)
• Reputation, or Brand
• Customer Base

Some Managers specialise in the management of one or more resources, whilst others have a wider, more general understanding of all of the resource management issues, including their interrelation for organisational success.

HRworkbench provides management assessment tools to identify areas of the Manager's performance that require development. This measurement is vital to ensure that the Manager becomes aware of their own performance and makes the decision to engage in training processes.

Management Training can involve:

• On-the-job training
• Formal Management courses conducted by tertiary institutions
• Measurement of their performance and effective feedback
• Attendance at seminars on a variety of topics
• Participation in management development programs conducted internally
• Reading the vast array of publications on Management Practice
• Researching various aspects of Management
• Secondment to jobs with diverse disciplines, either within the organisation or in other organisations.

Management training should be a part of the performance management contract with all Managers in the workplace.

The Manager should have a periodic assessment of their workplace behaviour using a 360 degree process and review of their decisions and technical competence by their Manager on an ongoing basis.

360-degree Profiling
Management
Management Development
Leadership
Staff Training/Staff Development