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Maryam Bidmeshgipour, Malaysia
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Which Background is Preferable for a Manager?
Selecting candidates for a job is never easy. Certainly when we're talking about managers, considering they are going to play an important role in your organization...
Which one do you prefer to hire for your projects?
1. A manager with a technical background (with engineering university degree), or
2. A manager with a management background (who has studied management)?
I'm more toward the administrative managers because they can lead better and assign every one to accomplish the job.
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Elain Lin, China
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Preferred Manager Background Depends on Industry and Company It depends on different industries and companies. In my company, the manager with a technical background is preferred. He can lead and manage those technical experts. We invest more to develop their management skills with our own leadership competence.
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Jeannine Stoute, United States
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Managing Systems or People? If the concentration is managing people, I am in favor of the management background. The organization can fill the technical gaps with technical training.
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D P BABU
Strategy Consultant, India
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Background Discipline for a Manager As practitioner of the management discipline one must be equipped with the basic potential to deal with people, policies and systems. For the above, he must be an academician, philosopher, economist and above all humanist.
His objective should aim at conceptualization, creation and addition to human values for better social life.
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IRFAN AHMED
Student (MBA), Pakistan
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Manager Must Have Knowledge of INDUSTRY I think along with the management skills, a manager must also have some basic knowledge about the industry in which he/she is working. Because without understanding the technicalities of the industry, the manager can not deal and manage the technical staff and the industry requirements.
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Beddoe, United Kingdom
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Consider the Team as a Whole I would suggest that this is solely down to the structure and skills already in the business.
If the team that the manager has is technically skilled and all they need is a manager to manage the team, pool knowledge, ideas and generally give direction to the team then a good administrative manager is fine.
However if the team need more technical knowledge to guide them in their daily work then a certain level of technical ability would be required.
Some technical expertise would be beneficial but if the team is self motivated, knowledgeable and skilled then even this may not be required as these skills are within the business already.
You need to look at the whole structure of the team and the team roles, not just the type of manager required.
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Syed Fahad Sami
Project Manager, Pakistan
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Getting the Best our of Employees A management person acquires and learns the skills to deal effectively and efficiently with human resources during his study.
As a result, he will manage the tasks better and gives more productive results as compared to a technical manager.
He knows the art of taking out the best from employees.
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MATTHEW ZHANG, China
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Lower Managers and Higher Managers Though most of time we feel comfortable to have certain technical expertise to take a manager role, actually in reality people management a management background is highly appreciated.
A technical background might be a good starting point for manager, but we all know leading a bigger group is not same as managing a small group.
Technical expertise fits for lower management functions. leading a small group.
Management and leadership qualities are appropriate for high management functions, leading a bigger group.
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Nasir Cader
Student (Other)
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Desired Background of Manager Usually a manager should be at the top and a technician on the tap.
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A.J. Heideman
Management Consultant, Netherlands
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Preferred Manager Background Depends on Type of Management The first thing a project-manager should have is experience in project management.
A line manager should have product knowledge and affinity with the product.
A people manager should have experience in human resources management.
Most projects include people, products and procedures so the ideal project manager is skilled in these 3 subjects.
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Jagdish B Acharya
Consultant, India
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SKILLS, Attitude and Openness More Useful Than Background He should possess a minimum level of both technical and managerial skills.
Besides those 2 things, his communication, listening and motivational skills will count much more in leading in team situations.
@Beddoe appears very balanced because of suggesting the need to consider the team in its entirety. The leader should provide balance and prevent prejudiced or lopsided decisions and for that a minimum of technical as well as managerial knowledge and experience will be useful.
More than that will be a bonus and give the project additional advantage.
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Dilip Khanal
CEO, Nepal
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Required Background and Skils for Managers I agree with Jagadish. There is no hard and fast rule. A manager's role and besired background depend upon the nature of project and the composition of the team as Beddoe wrote.
The function of manager is obviously to manage the team for the result. The background required for managing a hospital with highly motivated doctors and managing less skilled and less motivated labor force to work in high-tech framework would surely be different.
However, some managerial aptitude like leading, motivating, delegating, planning, organizing and controlling with an ability to play in a team is highly desirable.
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Theodore
Production, Hong Kong
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Optimal Manager Background is Both, but this comes at a Cost... I prefer to hire those who have both a technical background and management background. But of course on the practical side, this kind of employee normally requires more salary and benefits...
If I have to choose one, I will prefer the person with a management background. It is because he / she should have a skills and techniques to communicate, motivate and control their sub-ordinates and manage his/ her organization and department.
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Bhanwar Singh
Business Consultant, India
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Managers are not Required to Be Subject Experts People with a technical background are considered to be individualistic, weak in delegation, self obsessed. These things are harmful for a managerial role. I am quoting this on my personal experience only... No offence to exceptions.
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Oshun, Grace Okaima
Lecturer, Nigeria
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Preferable Background for a Manager Ideally, a manager should be trained in the art of managing resources - human and non-human. Therefore a degree in management studies or an MBA coupled with the experience gathered on the job and some...
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M.R. Bos
Manager, Netherlands
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Preferred Background for a Manager In my opinion he/she must be an innovator, interested in people, be an inspirator for others, with a multi-discipline MBA education, a steady career line and most of it a nice person....
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Pedro Guedes Carvalho
Professor, Portugal
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Manager Background Requirements I agree that being interested in humans, assertivity and ethics are the basis to lead efficiently people.
But it depends on the field. Technical is not always the main skill, although it helps.
A go...
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Abdulrahaman Nashiru
Accountant, Nigeria
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Ideal Profile of Manager Depends on Industry Sector @Elain Lin : I agree that the industry determines the preferred type of manager.
In an engineering industry, the choice of manager would be technical manager.
In the financial or business developme...
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Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
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Background for Managing Director As a retired managing director, I hired someone as my successor with both a sound technical base in my industry (university studies in my industry) and an MBA (master business administration).
You ca...
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Andrew Cole
Manager, United States
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Manager Preferable Background: LEADERSHIP Skills The question and most of the responses miss an important aspect. Managers from either backgrounds can learn the tactical skills and tools they need.
However, their impact on the success of the organ...
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VENKATESWARAN
Teacher, India
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A Lot of Virtues... After reading all the comments of the contributors, one wonders whether all the cumulative virtues described above by various people could be possible in one manager?
Also I wonder whether one could ...
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Avijit Chobey, India
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Situation-based Leaders In projects the project leaders are situation-based and are temporary. After the goal of projects is accomplished, the leaders need to turn into managers to sustain the accomplishments.
Managers need...
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Shailesh
Teacher, India
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Most Important for a Manager: LEARNING ATTITUDE As rightly pointed out by some members, it depends on the on the stage of life cycle of the industry and the organization. According to me the most important quality for a candidate is their attitude....
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Kwaku Awuku, Ghana
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Preferable Background for a Manager Generally, I think you should hire someone for capability, skills, values and behavior.
However the level of the job is an important factor.
A manager of technical people should have more technica...
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Shruti Misra
Coach, India
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Leadership Qualities @Andrew Cole : I agree it does not really matter which background one is from unless he/she possess the ability to lead his/her team effectively and efficiently. I have seen many heads who are either ...
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M V Ananthakrishnan, India
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Hiring Professionals for Projects Technical qualifications relevant to the project profile is the PRIMARY requirement. Further, I feel from my experience that the person acquires management and team skills as he progresses in his/her ...
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Arif ur Rehman
Professor, Pakistan
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Effective Management Skills are Essential Though to a limited extent the environment decides whether technical skills supersede or follow management skills, but fundamentally management skills are more needed by far. Dealing for, through and ...
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Stephen Haris, Australia
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Which Background is Preferable for a Manager I have seen either work very well and either fail quite spectacularly.
It really depends on what you would like the manager to bring to the organisation and where you would like the manager to take ...
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Radcliff A Owen, Australia
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Management versus Leadership versus Technician The business operating environment should determine the person required.
In calm and steady times, managers who can organise people and resources efficiently and effectively are especially valued.
I...
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Satya Narayan
Strategy Consultant, India
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Background and Skills of a Manager Depends on ORGANIZATION TYPE and LEVEL IN HIERARCHY Typically management functions are planning, organizing, directing/influencing (to get work done efficiently and effectively) and controlling.
Typically a manager performs all these activities, albe...
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Wulf-Dieter Krueger
Teacher, Thailand
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No Subject Specialists for Managerial Positions @Bhanwar Singh: a good manager needs a good broad general educational background that enables him/her to understand the specialists, as specialists tend to talk past each other. His/her role is to tra...
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kayode shoyemi
Consultant, Nigeria
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Who is the Best Manager In my opinion, depending on the kind of organisation, I believe a manager should have good knowledge of the company's product (which is technical) and at the same time have good people management skil...
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J A Hegarty
Business School Marketer, Ireland
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Background of Manager in New Era Management must be based on principles of openness - collaboration, transparency, sharing, and empowerment. It requires integrity, ethics, understanding..
Hire a manager to manage people, product or...
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Sunita
Manager, India
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Background Skill for Manager As an individual grows in his career, he has to only have an overview of technical skills and management skills become more important.
These skills are aptly described in the 10 management roles by...
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dolly Nkabinde, South Africa
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An Understanding of Both is Needed I think a manager should have a strong management background and a business degree.
She should be wiling to learn and understand the technical aspects of the job because it will be difficult for to ...
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shaikh moheen
Professor, India
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A Manager with Common Sense is Enough for any Industry Education doesn't matter, what matters is what a manager has experienced.
A manager who has sound knowledge of utilisation of "common sense" is enough for any industry....
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michel wils, Belgium
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A Good Manager Must Be a People Manager with Good Leadership Skills @D P Babu: I agree with you that a manager with very good technical and academic background can still not be a good manager if he doesn't know how to manage people which is part of the leadership skil...
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Hafez Abroomandi
Student (MBA), Iran
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Manager's LEVEL is Important to Determine the Appropriate Background @Satya Narayan : I agree it depends upon his/her level.
If we need him/her on practical level, I will select who has a better technical background. However who has a management background is better f...
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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
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Skills Managers Should Possess Management decision skills, founded on good education and training, coupled with strong moral values are what a manager should possess in running an enterprise....
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R.F.E. Peters, Netherlands
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No Managing Without Knowledge A manager needs to know about what he is managing. For example: a manager can successfully do what he is good at for managing things in a bakery, but if he doesn't know how things work and are/must be...
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Faten Trimech
Accountant
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Technical or Management Background For hiring a manager we should focus our attention on the skills in communication, the capacity to lead pepole, and his ability to manage stress....
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Locke, New Zealand
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Knowledge of the Industry @IRFAN AHMED : I agree with your view that a knowledge of the industry or practice is essential in order to manage successfully.
I am currently seeing the results of appointing managers who have lim...
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Dorota Powtak, Poland
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There is no Technical Management Technical education disturbs in building macro strategy and managers with technical background concentrate on too much details. They have a great knowledge on how to operate a technical equipment but ...
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Ravi Shankar
Manager, India
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Background is Irrelevant I think background does not play a major role. "managing" is a trait which can be developed and polished by anyone irrespective of their background....
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sirelkhatim ibrahim nugud
Coach, Sudan
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Which Background is Preferable for a Manager? The manager should not necessarily be knowledgeable of all functions and technical issues.
Instead he should know how to sometimes delegate, sometimes direct, sometimes coach his personnel....
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J A Hegarty
Business School Marketer, Ireland
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Background for Manager in New Era @Shaikh Moheen: of course education matters if only to dismiss the notion of "common sense". This is a very scarce commodity and very rare indeed. Develop learning skills and keep up to date through r...
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ian cockerham, United Kingdom
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A Managers Background Your past is less important than where you're going! Still, I believe a manager needs more than a little knowledge of what is being managed. But do you need to have played international football to ma...
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Cesar Babino
Manager, Argentina
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Sometimes a Technical Background is Required... You can't always develop a manager with a training in technical aspects, because some of them belong to the career. This happens for example in the food industry where, for certain manager positions, ...
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Przemek Wysocki
Project Manager, Poland
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Human Resource Management All the same. The point is if someone has a predisposition to Human Resource Management. But project management is 75% communication and people management....
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Darryl Lynn Jones, United States
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Manager Background Requisites The optimal manager has technical competency with an attitude that is conducive to chameleon-like cognition with productive action. As well, situational leadership skill is crucial in order for the su...
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Ehsan Ramezanpour
Student (University), Iran
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Which Background is Better for Manager? I think the most important item beyond technical issues which are different from company to company, for a manager is his or her ability to make relations with staff. This means he or she should do hi...
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nabeel faraz
Student (MBA), India
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What Background is Preferable for a Manager? I think the job or the domain decides what should be the background of a manager. On the other hand a manger for whichever domain, should be pragmatic, smart, compassionate, strong decision making, re...
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Jorge Garrido, Mexico
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Managers Background @Elain lin: Managers backround:
1. Needs experience leading people, a manger needs to be a leader (good leader)
2. Understands the business
3. Needs to understand the mission and vision of the org...
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Dennis Falk Jakobsen
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Leaders - not Managers! Great question! You want leaders - people who have the potential to become great trainers of their people, who can delegate and not micromanage, who have an genuine interest in others, who are no siss...
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Richard Ahumibe
Management Consultant, United Kingdom
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Combine Technical with Managerial Acumen When it comes to level of importance between "technical" and "managerial" backgrounds, it is rather a case of "both of" than "either or".
Irrespective of the context, neither can substitute for the ...
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Ravi Chandran
Director, United Arab Emirates
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Management Background I fully agree, leadership skills are learnt over the years with experience, whereas technical skills can be trained more easily.
So I would go with a person who has a management background who can a...
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Rudy Ric Trabel
HR Consultant, Philippines
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Correlation Study Needed on Prefered Management Background A study could be conducted intending to correlate variables such as indicators of success versus factors such as managers with technical background alone and managers with managerial background alone ...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Management Skills Education Experience This is an interesting discussion with much to consider with respect to the responses. For my communications business plan that I've written (graphic, web design), I would have to hire a manager with ...
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Clarise Morris, United Arab Emirates
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Manager Qualifications From where I see it, it is necessary that a manager has a working knowledge of all areas that he oversees however, it is not necessary that a manager should be an expert in those areas. Leading/managi...
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DR.VIVEK DIWADKAR.
Business Consultant, India
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Managerial Acumen Today global business scenario demands managers with good technical qualifications and management skills being studied / by experience... Plus an attitude to learn, associate and ''manage people'' at ...
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sweety, United States
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Prerequisites for Managers Depends on What you Manage Managers can manage people, project or a product.
The required amount of technical knowledge will be bigger if one has to manage a product or project, and depends also on the industry....
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Michael Chin
Business Consultant, Singapore
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Depends on the Role That the Manager is Supposed to Play There are multiple levels of the organisation for a manager. At the highest level, leadership is important. The ability to manage details is important for front-line managers.
So in a lot of situatio...
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Feraidoon Bakhtiari
CxO / Board, Iran
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Preferable Selection Measures Promotion from within the company should be a basic policy of the company to promote its human resources. Where there are interested qualified people, they should receive preference.
As the company g...
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maen alhusseini
Manager, Syria
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It is All About Team Integration Leadership skills are required wherever you go along the hierarchy.
However, the right level of mastery varies according to the project scope of work and the team's technically knowledge. If the tea...
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Richard Ahumibe
Management Consultant, United Kingdom
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Re: Which Background is Preferable for a Manager Prevalence of misleading human resources (HR) management paradigms is the commonest underlying cause of business failures in contemporary times next to lack of innovation. Some contributions here are ...
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Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan
Manager, India
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Leadership more important than Skills According to me, in educational institutions academic leadership is more important than the managerial skills, which one acquires anyhow with experience. Without academic leadership, optimal achieveme...
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adeboye,clement, Nigeria
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Preferable Background for a New Manager A manager should have a minimum relevant experience and a track record of achieved results.
The employer should be able to identify competence and character during interview to see if he or she is t...
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Vusal Aliyev, Azerbaijan
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Which Background is Preferable for a Manager? When I studied economics at university, my teacher on technology sciences used to say "Technologists may survive with 30% knowledge on economics, but economists must have 70% knowledge about technolog...
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Osama Kamal
Management Consultant, Egypt
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Even if You Have Both: Technical and Administrative... @Andrew Cole : I agree that although it seems the best situation to have both skills, technical and managerial, it is essential to also have leadership skills to survive.
A manager equipped with bot...
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Dr. Vishal Dilip Chavan
Professor, India
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Need Proper Mix with Positive Vision Towards All Stake Holders As far as my industry experience and teaching experience, I must say any manager needs a proper mix of both. Any house wife knowing good cooking (technical expertise) can't satisfy stakeholders of fam...
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Luis, China
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Consider the Level of the Manager In an organization hierarchy, normally lower level managers are required to have industry background and knowledge, while senior managers should focus more on people management.
In this case, I woul...
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Gerald Jett
United States
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The Best Management Type? The Teamplayer I feel the best managers are those that are willing to help to get the job done, no matter what it takes. Although it is nice to have a manager with technical skills and people skills, the best manage...
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Juan Perez Eras, Mexico
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Scoring and Comparing A solution could be to score management and technical skills (from 1 to 5). Then you compare the candidate's scores and the company's expectations. This is useful to avoid full managers pretending to ...
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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
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Selecting Managers to Be in the Firm @Ravi Shankar: there is only some truth to your statement but what if you need a very long time to develop one without any background education and training at all?...
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Olsson, Sweden
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Good Management Skills are Rare Both skills can be taught to a certain level and the level of knowledge and mix depends on the wanted output.
However my experience tells me that good, solid, practical and productive management skil...
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Srikumar Varma
India
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Managerial Competence Plus Technical Background for the Industry at Hand The world of business today is undergoing fast changes in all dimensions and it is imperative for managers to be a specialist in the area related to their industry.
An MBA is all right, but future m...
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Tesfu, Ethiopia
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Complete Background of a Project Manager I agree that selecting the right person for any senior position is not an easy task.
For a project manager (PM) critical success factors are, among other things, fulfilllment of stakeholders expectio...
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Wolf, Germany
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Systemic Interdisciplinary Background with Relational Profile In order to facilitate teamwork and empower staff I would prefer a relational leader. These are seldom found in engineering. But also not often in management.
For administrative tasks I would assign...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Effective Manager Includes Fixed and Flexible Traits @Tesfu: this is a very comprehensive listing that could apply to all sectors......
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Ulrich Schweiker
Director, Germany
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Why Reduce Complexity? It is easy to agree on most comments here, since they all try to capture aspects of complexity.
Whatever aspect you mention, there are plenty examples of other aspects that may be more important in a...
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J A Hegarty
Business School Marketer, Ireland
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No More Managers, There are Already Leaders in the Organisation @D P Babu: every employee has the potential to become the manager. If "empowerment" is carried to its logical conclusion, we need to trust employees to manage their own task in the first instance, and...
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Bill Boynton
Teacher, United States
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Align Leadership Practices with Management Disciplines Wow, this topic sure got a lot of comments.
My experience has been as a general rule that organizations cannot survive by trying to use technical people in management positions.
They tend to focus o...
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Juan Perez Eras, Mexico
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Focusing on the Discussion @Bill Boynton: the issue established by Maryam is to select a manager between two extremes: a fully management-oriented person or a person completely technical. She prefers someone with a lot of manag...
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HABIB MOSTAFIZI
HR Consultant, Iran
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Good Resume in Management and Having Knowledge of Industry Management is art and science. So, studying management is not enough for being a good manager and leading some people.
On the other hand, having knowledge of industry even without sufficient experie...
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ian cockerham, United Kingdom
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The Selection of Managers I am coming round to the view that what an engineer, teacher, bus driver, nurse, etc needs on first promotion into management, is good management training.
The greater the expectation of good manage...
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Sudheendra
Consultant, India
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Which Hand Would you Like to Have: Left or Right? It is like asking which hand (or eye) is preferred: left or right? There are no choices here as both are needed for effective functioning. Both technical(engineering) skills and leadership skills make...
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J A Hegarty
Business School Marketer, Ireland
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Which Wheel on the Car is the More Important @Sudheendra: indeed I often ask my students which wheel on a car is the most important? Each is as necessary as the other, therefore collaboration is preferable to competition, teamwork to individuali...
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VENKATESWARAN
Teacher, India
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Technical Knowledge or Managerial Skills @Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan : why do you exclude and differentiate academic leadership from managerial skills?
In fact, all leadership qualities encompass managerial qualities as well. If a person is ...
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Jagdish B Acharya
Consultant, India
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One Who Can Learn the Missing Aspects Business needs vary from case to case. Both technical as well as administrative knowledge are essential for managers.
What is required is a quick learning ability to understand the missing knowledge ...
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ichsan widyantoro, Indonesia
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It Depends on the Department In my opinion, it depends on the department that he leads. I think a manager with a technical background is recommended if we are dealing with an operational or technical department. He will make bett...
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ian cockerham, United Kingdom
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Management Leadership and Technical Ability @ichsan widyantoro: watching small children, it is clear that some are leaders, some are managers, some are both and many have specific skill areas in which they seem to make best progress.
Neverthel...
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FAYEZ, Saudi Arabia
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Management is in Between Managers and Leaders Managers are preferred when they understand the company/owners vision and mission and have the ability to successfully translate the company objectives via the operation/production and people /systems...
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Yeshwant Moodliar
Consultant, India
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Which Background is Suitable for a Manager? The first consideration should be what is the company's profile and in which industry they are operating?
If this company is predominently engaged in production and sales of "engineering products" th...
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Svensson, Canada
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Experience and Emotional Intelligence I agree that knowledge of the industry is often important.
But much also depends on the industry and the level the manager is at (low - middle or senior) as each level requires a different skill set...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Vision and Mission Critical to Success of Business Endeavor @Fayez: I believe you "hit the nail on the head" as the saying goes lol... Although everyone's comments, observations, and experience within this discussion are extremely relevant and useful, as you p...
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Jesper Jensen, United States
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The Optimal Background for a Manager depends on the Management Level To choose between a future manager with either a technical or management training background you first have to understand the level of management that is required.
If it is a low level and more of a ...
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Thabo Motsoasele
Project Manager, South Africa
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Soft and Hard Management Background A balance of soft and hard skills is preferable, taking into account the role the individual is employed for. But both the technical and the managerial role require that one understands and lives the ...
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Juan Perez Eras, Mexico
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Coaching New Managers Another solution to solve Maryam's dichotomy is to use coaching, selecting a person amongst some engineers inside the company that have technical and management skills, and could be candidates for tha...
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Bruno Van Immerseel
Manager, Netherlands
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Hiring New Managers-main Skills? The choice of manager is depending on what you want to achieve. All depends on the position and what you expect from the manager to be accomplished. Of course often he might need technical skills, oft...
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J A Hegarty
Business School Marketer, Ireland
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Subject: Hiring New Managers Traits & Capabilities Companies often find integrating social responsibility initiatives like integrity, ethics, responsibility, initiative, into their hiring plans can help make inroads into new and exciting opportunities...
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J A Hegarty
Business School Marketer, Ireland
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Acquiring Knowledge is a Key Skill for a Manager! Most of this discussion is concerned with knowledge. When many companies must innovate or die, their ability to learn, adapt, and change becomes a core competency for survival. Most seek more knowledg...
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Robert Nyarko
Strategy Consultant, Ghana
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A Manager Must Be Broad To be a good manager, one should acquire skills and know-how from different disciplines during his working career to enable him be on top of issues in the various departments under him. A manager who ...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Interdisciplinary and Relational Approach to Management @Wolf: Hello - I really applaud your suggestions - relational is key - developing strong relationships are key. That is interesting that you would include humanities within a interdisciplinary develop...
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Feraidoon Bakhtiari
CxO / Board, Iran
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Promotions are Rarely Planned and Executed You may know where you are standing and heading, but most employees do not not where they are now and what their next positions might be.
Promotions are rarely planned and executed in organizations....
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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
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Managers with Technical Background Require More People Skills @Elain Lin: I agree with what you said. Management is about a relationship with people that are working on tasks. People with a technical background are often more exact and require more skills to be ...
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siddheshwar vitthal lingdale
Student (MBA), India
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It Depends on the Requirements of a Company Yes, it's dependent on the requirements of an organization. If it's a manufacturing company it probably requires a person who has a technical background and managerial skills. They might prefer any MB...
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Kidist Yami
Accountant, Ethiopia
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It Depends on the Nature of the Company I share the idea of @Elain Lin and @A.J. Heideman. It depends on the industry or the nature of the company.
Most of the time manufacturing companies prefer a manager with a technical background. But ...
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Oshun, Grace Okaima
Lecturer, Nigeria
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Round Peg in Round Hole Would anyone consider employing a butcher to perform the duties of a surgeon? A person with a management background will definitely perform the job for which he has been trained better than anyone els...
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Leodegardo M. Pruna
Professor, Philippines
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A Manager should be both an Artist and a Scientist The first thing that a manager should do is to relate with people and doing this is an "ART".
Thereafter, he applies his technical background or "SCIENCE" to inspire and motivate people through eithe...
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D P BABU
Strategy Consultant, India
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No Doubt Management is a Social Science Having Linkages with Other Sciences Of course, management should be regarded as a social science displine. However one should know that management originates from a purpose embodying framework of resources, norms and practices to be adm...
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KATHRYN STEINER, MBA
Entrepreneur, United States
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Knowledge, Combined with Experience I would prefer to select a manager who is knowledgeable about the industry, and who has the good judgement to make solid decisions. They should have experience, and be honest about what they have lear...
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D P BABU
Strategy Consultant, India
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Managers must be Sensible to their Environment Managers must be Sensible to their Environment. This sensibility enables them to learn from experiences which can improve their knowledge level in the pursuit of good decision making....
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Dilip Khanal
CEO, Nepal
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Both Backgrounds are Useful. The Best Mix Depends on the Job and Situation As the participants shared, both capabilities are necessary.
Each management position requires some degree of technical knowledge. It does not mean that the manager should be a technical expert, but ...
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Dr. Alan Williams
Professor, Thailand
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Technical versus Managerial Background Why just two choices? Surely there is a different answer case by case. Although there must be many cases where both areas of capability are needed. In some cases it's critical that the manager is also...
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Oshun, Grace Okaima
Lecturer, Nigeria
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A Manager Should be Multi-Tasking Every manager should be multi-tasking, so it should not be a matter of this or that. In an engineering firm, a manager with an engineering background could be hired and sent for management training. T...
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Frederic A Parker
Consultant, United States
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Skill Requirements Change as People Rise in an Organization Managers need management, not technical skills. I remember the first time this topic was personal for me. I was offered a job as a manager in an engineering firm. When I responded that I had no engine...
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Michael Norris
Director, United States
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Certain Economic Sectors Require Expertise & Management In the case of public safety, a technical background in the particular discipline (Emergency Medical Services, Fire, Police, Emergency Management) is necessary for the manager. In each of these discip...
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Mrs.Sayran Ghafuri,Kittani
Coach, Iraq
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Where is Google Translate?! Why is there no Google translate?!
Having Google Translate makes it easier for me to understand all the comments without having to copy and paste them into Google Translate!
Editor: Google Translat...
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Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
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No One Right Background for a Manager There is no one right answer to such a binary question; it depends.
Firstly: what is this person being employed to DO? What is the priority/'seriousness' level of need, to manage or to operate as a...
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