MGMT 301 - Management Skills for Supervisors Assignment Solution, 2019

This document provides a comprehensive solution to an individual assignment for the MGMT 301 Management Skills for Supervisors course. The assignment addresses several key aspects of management, including the diverse nature of management skills in the modern workplace, emphasizing the importance of adapting leadership to diverse backgrounds. It also explores the five critical areas of self-awareness essential for successful management, such as emotional intelligence and personal values. The solution identifies various sources of stress for business managers, like work-life imbalance and technological advancements, and outlines the steps involved in analytical problem-solving. Furthermore, the assignment concludes with the author's perspective as an HR manager, detailing strategies to reduce employee stress, such as promoting workplace wellness, flexible work arrangements, and counseling services. The solution includes references to support the presented concepts.

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a)Diverse nature of Management Skills
In the modern workplace, there are diverse and unique leadership challenges because of
the racial, educational background differences and age differences too. The result is that the
senior executives are to find specific ways for effectively leading the employees in organizations
(Noe et al., 2017). The senior executives find the right type of leadership skills for addressing the
diversity and the associated challenges for improving the performance. Hence, there is a need to
have diverse management skills for managing people effectively and fulfill their diverse needs.
b)Five areas of Self Awareness
Self-awareness is at the center of the ability of mastering oneself which is not sufficient.
The self-control development and priority clarification along with the goals support the
individuals support the individuals to create direction in their own lives (Vasu, Stewart &
Garson, 2017). The effective management of time and stress helps people to manage effectively.
There are five most critical areas of the self-awareness helpful in developing a successful
management are as follows:
 The emotional intelligence – It helps to manage oneself and relationship with
other people.
 The personal values- It is the at the center of behavior playing a huge role in
personality unification.
 The learning style - It is through which people gather proper information.
 Orientation towards change- This concentrates on the ways used by people to

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adjust in the environment.
 Core self-evaluation- This captures the most essential personality aspects.
c)Sources of Stress for Business Managers
There are various sources of stress for the business managers . The examples are as
follows :
 When there is a lack of work/life balance
 When there is a lack of staffing- It can be due to economic factors or demand
factors.
 When there is expansion of technology- Taken for example, the mobile devices
extend the availability of the managers in allegedly non-working hours.
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d)Steps in Analytical Problem Solving
There are few steps through which managers in business can easily analyse an issue and
solve them.
 Defining the problem
 Generating few alternative solutions
 Evaluating and selecting an alternative (Cameron & Green, 2015).
 Implementing and following up on the solution

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e) How to reduce level of stress in your employees?
As an HR manager, I would follow the following steps to reduce stress in my employees.
 Encourage the workplace wellness through the members of the organization. I will
encourage them to have short breaks and revamp themselves for work.
 I will also allow remote working and flexible hours. Tis freedom will improve the office
morale and the employees will have trust on the company.
 The social activities will also be encouraged breaking the communication barriers.
 I will further make arrangements for providing distance or onsite counseling. This will
help them handle their job stress.
 The extraordinary employees will be recognized and praised for their job. Taken for
example, the appraisal programs arranged annually will encourage them (Marchewka, 2016).
The program has to be in an unbiased manner. The employees in this manner will be
comfortable and happier having lowered all their stress levels.
Reference

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Marchewka, J. T. (2016). Information technology project management: Providing measurable
organizational value. John Wiley & Sons.
Cameron, E., & Green, M. (2015). Making sense of change management: A complete guide to
the models, tools and techniques of organizational change. Kogan Page Publishers.
Noe, R. A., Hollenbeck, J. R., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. M. (2017). Human resource
management: Gaining a competitive advantage. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
Vasu, M. L., Stewart, D. W., & Garson, G. D. (2017). Organizational Behavior and Public
Management, Revised and Expanded. Routledge.