An organisation in your area, uses 'self-directed training' and asks all managers to ask themselve the question: ' where do i expect to be in 2 years?' . The training programme gives all employees the opportunity to direct their careers.
THE ROLE OF THE MANAGER
What does a manager do? A manager manages the work and manages the people doing the work. According to the Fair Labor Standards Act, what makes an employee a manager is that he or she directs the work of others and exercises independent judgment. The Fair Labor Standards Act describes an executive as an employee with the primary duty of managing the enterprise in which the employee is employed or of a customarily recognized department or subdivision thereof; customarily and regularly directing the work of two or more other employees; and having the authority to hire or fire other employees or having particular weight given to suggestions and recommendations as to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion, or any other change of status of other employees. An employee in an administrative position has as his or her primary duty the performance of office or non manual work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer’s customers. The employee’s primary duty includes the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance. The most common management tasks involve managing individual performance, instructing subordinates, planning and allocating resources, coordinating interdependent groups, managing group performance, monitoring the business environment, and representing one’s staff. The relative importance of these seven management tasks varies by level in the organization (Kraut, Pedigo, McKenna, & Dunnette, 1989). For first-level managers, managing individual performance is the most important activity, which includes