Effective Business Management Skills: A Case Study of Warwick District Council

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References list................................................................................................................................11
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Introduction
In business management, the most important requirement for smooth functioning of an
organization is to implement business management skills. This can be done by integrating the
theories and practices of business management, inter departmental communication, and more. In
order to make the management effective, it is significant to understand diversity in the workplace
and inculcate the motivational models and theories.
Through the case of shifting of Warwick District Council from Riverside House to Leamington
Spa in six months, the assignment would be reporting from a project manager’s perspective on
the requirements of leadership and motivation for effective business management.
Warwick District Council is the local government agency at Warwickshire in the UK. It has
recently shifted to Leamington Spa area but its role remains the same. The work of the Warwick
District Council is to ensure that waste management, council taxes, building regulations and
housing planning are being managed properly in the Warwickshire area (warwickdc.gov.uk).
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L02 Explain the importance of effective management skills
According to Clegg et al (2015), business management includes activities like monitoring,
controlling, leading, motivating and planning to ensure smooth functioning of an organization.
Since Warwick District Council is moving to Lamington Spa in six months, an effective manager
is required who would be able to forecast the future and command respect from the employees
while carrying out his official duties.
The new manager’s role would essentially include motivating the employees through the
application of motivation theories and models. The importance of effective management skills
are the following:
 It builds responsive and encouraging interpersonal relationships between employees,
owners and other staff
 It makes effective communication possible between the different departments of the
organization (Carnall, 2018)
 It generates feedbacks and responses from other employees that help in further
improvising the products or services
 It inculcates the etiquette of team work within the individuals (Kerzner and Kerzner,
2017)
 It helps to assess financial aspects like progress, cash flow and more
 It helps in participative decision-making, thus creating solutions to problems (Ward,
2016)
 It helps in achieving short term and long term professional goals
 It helps the employees grow professionally
L03 Review the impact of different methods of communication within a managerial
context.
Effective business management at Warwick District Council’s new office would include
different methods of communication to enhance administrative management. The methods of
communication would be horizontal and vertical communication. According to Lauring and
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