The Developing Manager Assignment

The Developing
Manager

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Compare different management styles..................................................................................1
1.2 Discuss leadership characteristics........................................................................................2
1.3 Evaluate communication processes in selected businesses...................................................4
1.4 Analyse organisational culture and change in selected businesses.......................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
2.1 Assess own management skills performance........................................................................6
2.2 Analyse personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.....................................7
2.3 Set and prioritise objectives and targets to develop own potential.......................................8
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
3.1 Lead and motivate a team to achieve an agreed goal or objective........................................8
3.2 Managerial decisions made to support achievement and recommendations for
improvements..............................................................................................................................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
4.1 Explain how own managerial and personal skills will support career development..........10
4.2 Review career and personal development needs, current performance and future needs to
produce development plan........................................................................................................10
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The developing manager is a person who shapes and improves the set of their own skills
and their staff to manage the operations and functions of the organization in order to achieve
personal and professional objectives. The report underpins areas of leadership style, training and
development of employees, culture and social development. The report compare different
management styles in different organization along with evaluate communication process. In
addition it conducts a SWOT analysis of management skill performance to attain targets (Bianchi
and et. al., 2011). Hilton, Marriott, Clayton Crown Hotel and Frankie & Benny's restaurant are
working in hospitality and this is report is about the management and leadership style of these
firms. Furthermore, there is a justification of managerial decisions that can be made to support
achievements with recommendation to improve the practices. In the end a career development
plan for personal and managerial skills are also included.
TASK 1
1.1 Compare different management styles
Hilton and Marriott are both the leading group of hospitality industry cause these are
offering best quality of products and services to clients with effective management. The top
management of both the organizations are following different kinds of management styles to
accomplish the objective with the changing needs and trends of the marketplace. The
management styles has its own advantages and drawbacks that is impact on the increasing
business of the firm (Cavanagh, 2012). Different management styles and approaches of Marriott
Hotel is compared with the Hilton Hotel in order to analyse the make own strategies that can run
a business smoothly and these are given below -
Marriott Hotel Hilton Hotel
 Marriott hotel follows contingency
management cause it favours the small
flexibilities which is necessary to
develop the strategies with time.
Because there are so many things
which should be change with time in
 Hilton Hotel is using the system
approach that is an organic and open
system. In this approach all the sections
are independent and interrelated . It will
refers as the top management which
divides the operations to its
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