Management

The book I read to research this post was Best Kept Secrets of Successful Managers by Hal Pitt which is a very good book which I bought from Kindle. 85% of people in management roles have received no formal management training. A good manager gets his employees to solve problems themselves with only occassional guidance from him. He should also have things in place that he can leave his department for a month & when he comes back things should still be running reasonably smoothly. A good plan doesn't necessarily get things done, it's the people implementing it that govern whether it will work or not. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying you shouldn't come up with a good plan but you need good people to make it work. A managers job is to be amiable but not to be anyones friend. Especially if you are newly promoted you can't have favourites. You should never go to lunch with just one employee unless maybe it's work related. What I mean is you can't go out with an employee socially because you risk losing your employees respect. You should try & bring other employees with you. Also if you are too friendly with an employee how do you appraise his performance. On the other hand you should care about your employees & if they have problems you should help them. You should always make sure they have adequate training to do their job.