Career Research Report: Trends and Skills for General Managers

This career research report delves into the General Manager profession, offering a comprehensive analysis of its key aspects. The report begins with an introduction defining the role and its significance. It then explores current trends impacting the profession, such as communication challenges, time management pressures, the need for continuous education, and the influence of artificial intelligence. Furthermore, the report identifies and analyzes the essential skills required for a General Manager, including strategic planning, financial planning, interpersonal skills, leadership, and communication. The report also discusses the cognitive aspects necessary for the role, such as management and administration, customer service, and technological proficiency. An evaluation of the General Manager role is provided, highlighting the challenges and rewards, and the report concludes with a summary of the key findings and a list of relevant references and an appendix with a job advertisement. The report is aimed to provide a holistic view of the profession, making it a valuable resource for students seeking to understand the General Manager career path.

Career Research Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
ANALYSIS along with APPLICATION.......................................................................................1
Trends which effect profession ...................................................................................................1
The cognition or skills along with experience which are essential ............................................2
EVALUATION................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Career implies to staying in selfsame kind of activity and it might be one or more than
one job which means an individual can work for one or many companies . It deliver a path name
as career path which a person is require to follow (Santilli, Grossen and Nota, 2020) . It involve
grooming, education along with experience relating to work. In this a person require to analyse
all those elements which will assist her or him grow in their job or if they are moving in some
other job. It is a portion or part of life which is taken up for employment. As a graduate I have
picked General Manager as my profession. General manger refers to mangers at superior level
who look-after day to day operations of a company. This assignment includes general trends
which will effect the profession which I have chosen for myself. Further it includes includes
experience along with skills which are needed for this line of work.
ANALYSIS along with APPLICATION
Trends which effect profession
Career refer to occupations which need grooming and they are part of a person life work
(Chambers, 2019) . In a survey it is evaluated that profile of general manager deliver holistic
working to the individuals as they work in very aspect of business. During my research regarding
this profile I determine that this job will deliver me a excellent path for my future and I will be
able to mange every trouble which will arise at my workplace. This profile will assist me and
render opportunity through which I will learn how to work in a team, how tom resolve conflicts,
how to make strategy in relation to the goals of my company and I will also determine all those
tactics through which I can satisfy my clients and maintain their retention in my entity. This job
vacancy will help to work as well as understand the culture of a corporate life. Trends which
influence the profile of general manager are discussed below:-
Communication: Every worker has unique personality and there are chance which are very high
that this may lead to miscommunication.
Time: General managers struggle to mange time as they have to see every element relating to an
enterprise.
Deficient support: They need approval from their seniors which might take long process and
consume time.
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Level of performance: There are hard times when managers start questing themselves
regarding the level of their performance. Any reduction in productivity level affect them along
with their subordinate and the goals of the company. They need to review entire procedure so
that they can form effective plan of actions.
Artificial intelligence: They helps the companies to work more and in effective manner as they
improve the working along with reducing the time of the process of manufacturing (Coetzee,
Ferreira and Potgieter, 2019) . They also deliver quick solutions to any problem.
Continuous education: With the changing needs and requirement it is very important to get
knowledgeable about everything this will require continuous education to keep general manager
updated about the market and internal components of an entity (Bergmo-Prvulovic and Hansson,
2019) .
All the above discussed are the trends which influence the working of a company and
impact their working directly or indirectly. General managers should consider all these factors
and try to overcome from them so that they can assure proper working and they should also
consider those elements which will impact in a good way.
The cognition or skills along with experience which are essential
Skills implies to ability to do something in which a person expertise. In context to the
profile of general manager skills are mention underneath:-
Skills of strategic planning: General mangers secure the future of the organisations by
implementing clear-cut plane which leads to improvement so this skill will assist them to
consider all the forces when they execute their plan of action.
Skills relating of financial planning: They are answerable for each and very investment
they made as the future of a company lies on their shoulder should it is very essential for them to
take effective decisions relating to finance. This skill will render proper knowledge of available
finances.
Interpersonal skills: General mangers should always give their support to that kind of
environment which make the inner culture of an entity healthy. They should give their emphasis
on the retention of their workers along with this they should uplift their improvement in their
professional field. This skill will also teach how to respect others and give importance to the
ideas of others.
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Leadership skills: They are liable for providing direction to their entire company along
with this they consider all those constituents which leads to the hike in the productivity level of
their companies. This skill is necessary so that general managers can direct their teams in right
direction.
Communication along with motivation: General masters should surpass every aspect of
communication weather it is written, oral or even in listening skills (Lancaster and Lundberg,
2019) . This will aid them in creating a bridge among subordinates and themselves. This will
also assure the systematic travel of information within an entity. There gestures like
encouragement, appreciation of achievements will motive workers ton work hard under their
supervision. The skill of motivation and communication will render better working and
coordination in the workplace of a general mangers.
Besides the above skills there are some area relating to cognition which are necessary to become
a general manager and they are explained as under:- Management along with administration: It is very basal for general managers to obtain
cognition relating to the principles of management along with business as it will aid in
forming effectual plans, allotment of resources, coordination among people who work in
same place and so on (Ramsetty and Adams, 2020) . Personal along with customer service: The knowledge relating to personal along with
customer service will aid them to cater the requirement of their clients as well as they will
fit the quality standard to their product and services.
 Technology: With the cognition of technology general managers can enhance the
skilfulness of the enterprise, it will help them to protect their data and with this they can
engage their subordinates (Shahed, Rabby and Sarker, 2020) .
EVALUATION
To become a general manger is a very challenging job as they are accountable for
operations of business concerns, to create income for their company along with controlling the
cost. I must say that this profile attract me as I like to face challenges and to derive effective
outcomes from them. This profile will make me a better person as I will learn how to perform
duties which are complex and I will have broad scope as I will manage every aspect of business
which might be marketing, HR or financing. In other words I can ask that this profile will render
a holistic view which will make me a all-rounder. This profile will teach me how to become
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responsible as well as it will also increase my level of confidence. This job will provide me the
knowledge relating to management of time, how to work with various sort of people and well as
it will keep me updated about the recent trends of the market.
CONCLUSION
This assignment concludes that to become a general manager a person is hoped-for
improving efficiency on individual basis along with the context to companies. This profile of
general manager need obligation like formation of budget, marketing tactics, organisation of
employees and other factors which ensure the sustainability of an entity in market place for long
time period. This is a great profile which well deliver holistic view to an individual so that they
can examine minute components of a market. It deliver a sense of accomplish to the person who
is on this position. This profession also require cognition like personal along with customer
service, technology, management along with administration.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Santilli, S., Grossen, S. and Nota, L., 2020. Career Adaptability, Resilience, and Life Satisfaction
Among Italian and Belgian Middle School Students. The Career Development
Quarterly. 68(3). pp.194-207.
Chambers, C., 2019. What’s next for registered reports?.
Coetzee, M., Ferreira, N. and Potgieter, I., 2019. Perceptions of sacrifice, workplace friendship
and career concerns as explanatory mechanisms of employees’ organisational
commitment. SA Journal of Human Resource Management. 17. p.9.
Lancaster, J. R. and Lundberg, C. A., 2019. The influence of classroom engagement on
community college student learning: A quantitative analysis of effective faculty
practices. Community College Review. 47(2). pp.136-158.
Shahed, N. M., Rabby, M. and Sarker, M., 2020. Student Career Guidance Recommendation
System Using Machine Learning Algorithms.
Ramsetty, A. and Adams, C., 2020. Impact of the digital divide in the age of COVID-19. Journal
of the American Medical Informatics Association. 27(7). pp.1147-1148.
Bergmo-Prvulovic, I. and Hansson, K., 2019. Governance of teachers' professional development
and learning within a new career position. Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów. (20).
pp.157-178.
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APPENDICES
Job advertizement
Vacancy Announcement
Farmfood, a chain of supermarket of frozen food, Cumbernaild, Scotland. Farmfood, operates
their activities throughout UK with their more then three hundred stores. It was establish in
1955 and operates in retail industry.
Position: General Manager
Qualification: MBA in Marketing.
Experience: 5 to 8 years in same field.
Location: Scotland
Job description:
 Deal with customers, employees and government essentials.
 Assure satisfaction of customers.
 Supervise performance to control the cost.
 Make financial reports for management.
 Execute activities relating to sales, marketing, operating along with delivering desire
results.
Salary: Negotiable
Company is offering fabulous growth with competitory industry based compensation package
along with the benefits of fringe.
Candidates who are eligible for this profile can send their resume on
https://www.farmfoods.co.uk before 05 May 2021 and only shortlisted
persons will be called for interview.
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