Englisch II

Managing People

Managing People


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Language English
Category English
Level University
Created / Updated 28.12.2015 / 09.01.2016
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Soft skills

Soft skills are difficult to acquire and almost impossible to measure. To motivate others and to improve morale are ‘soft skills’.

Self-fulfilment

Self-fulfilment is on top on Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’, meaning that everybody wants to achieve, to develop to his or her fullest potential.

Self-esteem

Self-esteem encompasses recognition and acknowledgement from others as well as a sense of status or importance.

Management by objectives [MBO]

Management by objectives [MBO] calls on managers to work with employees to formulate clear, ambitious but achievable goals. There has to be monitoring and measurement to ensure objectives are being met, and workers who achieve their objectives can be rewarded with pay rises, bonuses etc.

Active listening

Active listening means listening with full attention, not interrupting except to ask for clarification, and giving consideration to the other person’s point of view.

Assertiveness

Assertiveness means stating your needs and opinions confidently and clearly, without on the one hand being indirect or ‘suffering in silence’, or on the other being aggressive and rude.

Head’ people

Head’ people are good at thinking and problem-solving. (Innovator, evaluator, specialist)

‘Hands people’

‘Hands people’ are good at doing and acting. (Implementer, shaper, finisher)

‘Heart’ people

‘Heart’ people are good at networking and resolving conflicts. (Coordinator team worker, promoter)

Morale

Morale are the confidence and positive feelings that people have, especially people who work together.

Empowerment

Empowerment means giving the employees the authority to make decisions without traditional managerial approval.

Job enrichment

Job enrichment states that there are five characteristics – skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, feedback – affecting an individual’s motivation and performance. Job enrichment maximises these five factors within the constraints of the organisation. It also includes job enlargement and job rotation.

Job enlargement

Job enlargement combines a series of tasks into one challenging and interesting assignment.

Job enrichment

Job enrichment moves employees from one job to another.