Management Training:
What A Management Training Workshop Can Do for Your Organization
Management training may be defined in general terms as a formalized and systematic process to help managers and would-be managers to cope with the considerable challenge of carrying out their responsibilities in a dynamic and fast changing environment. Many people who function as managers have been promoted from within the organization and have therefore had little or no formal exposure to management concepts and education. Many other people aspire to be managers and management training is a useful way of rounding off their education and preparing them for their future responsibilities. Management training can take many forms such as classroom sessions, group discussions, case studies, etc but the ultimate objective remains the same.
In order to understand what management training is, let us first be clear about what management involves. Apart from the classic Peter Drucker definition, one of the best definitions comes from F.W. Taylor i.e. "Management is an art of knowing what to do, when to do and seeing that it is done in the best and cheapest way". This implies that a manager's main responsibility is to direct and coordinate a formally organized group of subordinates towards the achievement of a common goal. The goal can best be achieved through the optimum use of scarce resources and the creation of a working environment that encourages creative teamwork. Because management has to do with people and work environments, a great deal of management training focuses on imparting these skills.
It is possible to teach management as a discipline because it is a body of knowledge that meets the following criteria:
It possesses a considerable accumulation of knowledge, much of which is based on actual experience that is systematically classified and codified. While it is true that much of the knowledge is empirical, there is a considerable body of evidence to prove that these principles actually work in day-to-day situations.
This knowledge can be taught effectively by drawing on different training techniques. For instance, a case study is designed to put the student right in the middle of a real-life simulation.
Much debate continues to rage on whether management is a science (as in the case of physics or mathematics) or an art as in the case of the humanities. The real truth is that it is a little of both. While not as exact as science, it does contain a number of universal principles that can be applied in many situations. Because it has people at its heart, it is a social science and requires a great deal of flexibility. What no one can dispute is that management training has been universally accepted and is beneficial because it does equip employees of an organization to cope better with management responsibilities.
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