How to Achieve Successful Management Skills
Submitted by
Susan Michelle Morris
Course MGT 5000
Keiser University

INTRODUCTION

As we first enter the workforce, a new job, or simply a new position, there is always someone who will share their work experiences and/or coach us in an attempt to see successful employment. This person is called the manager. To be a successful manager you must posses the necessary skills. Great managers enjoy helping people grow, love establishing creative environments, strive to see mistakes are not repeated, and care deeply about their team and the teams work production. A successful manager will yearn to teach and instill all skills necessary into their employees hoping all along this will carry on even after the manager is gone.

Management Skills

To understand how to successfully master management skills, you must first understand the concept of management. Management is the act of getting individuals together to accomplish a goal. There are three levels of skills needed to become a valuable manager.
The first level of management skills could be listed as the getting it done level. Here is where planning, organizing, leading, and control skills are developed. Planning is a vital skill in managing. Planning is defined as “identifying and selecting appropriate goals” (contemporary management, 2009). Managers need to be able to come up with a realistic idea of what expectations are needed and then establish a route or actions in order to obtain success in the original expectations. In the planning stage, managers will come up with what goals are most are needed to make the organization more effective. Next, they will decide what process to take in order to make certain their goal is met. And finally, managers will decide then the proper organizational outlets in order to put their “plan” in effect. Planning is