An Analysis of Management Skills in Warwick District Council Report

This report provides an in-depth analysis of essential management skills within the context of the Warwick District Council. It begins by highlighting the importance of effective management skills, including motivation, communication, and problem-solving, for achieving organizational goals. The report then explores the significance of diversity in the workplace, discussing its impact on culture, employee relations, and business outcomes. Furthermore, it delves into various management theories, particularly Maslow's hierarchy of needs and behavioral decision-making theory, to explain how these concepts can be applied to motivate staff and improve decision-making processes. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the benefits of implementing effective management strategies within the council.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK...............................................................................................................................................1
Importance of effective management skills within Warwick district council.............................1
Importance of diversity in council...............................................................................................2
Management theories on decision making, motivation and problem solving ............................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Management skills are required to manage the organization's business functions and
activities. It is essential for every manager to perform their duty in company successfully. The
present report is based on Warwick district council management (Noe, Gerhart and Wright,
2017). It explains importance of effective management skills which is required for effective
management in council. This study clarifies key areas of focus for cultures, people and business
and management issues in firm. Furthermore, it justifies theories for motivating staff and
relevant on decision making within council.
TASK
Importance of effective management skills within Warwick district council
Council has taken decision to resettled built site in Leamington spa within 6 month time
and identify areas of improvement in their overall management before moving at any place.
Management skills required for effective management in Warwick council-
 Motivation- Motivation is one of the best management skills which is essential for
manager in council. Job of management group in workplace is to get things done through
staff. To do this, council manager need to be able to inspire and motivate their staff
members to achieve business goals as well as personal goals.
Motivation skills is very important in context of council manager. With the help of
motivation ability, manager enhance employees performance more than now and increase their
working interest. To gain profit and generate revenue, employee motivation is one of the most
important things which need to be done by district council manager because it permits
management to meet with firm goals.
 Communication skills- It is one of the another important management skills which is
required for effective management in Warwick council.
In Counseling sector, communication is very essential because it helps to find out any
issues and solve people problems in their lives. By developing communication skills manager of
council solve customers problems, it beneficial for professional and personal career growth.
Effective communication is essential for business and organization development or growth.
Council have developed the capability to not only communicate the component they are trying to
make, but also to listen to those close to them. Council is meeting for advice or discussion on
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some important topic, with the help of communication skills council process run effectively and
bring positive outcomes.
 Problem solving- Problem solving skills in management make manager able to resolve
issues in workplace. It refers to the procedure of finding the best solutions to problem
encountered in life or business.
Council manager required to improve or develop problem solving skills which is
beneficial for professional growth as well as personal. It encourages workers to believe in its
abilities to think progressively (Cheruvelil, Filstrup and Read, 2014). Manager need to identify
issues among workers and authority and other staff members and understand each interest or
issues via communication. If in council employee turn over increase more and more at that
moment manager used their problem solving skills and conduct meeting where they try to
understand staff problems and decrease employee turn over via solving problems. The
importance of problem solving skill is that they will enhance the creativity of the employees and
help them to solve the critical problems of the company by their own self.
Importance of diversity in council
In context of people-
In workplace there are many people work together within same platform, they all belong
to different culture, values etc. In council all the workers have different culture and speak
different language which create any conflict or issue in management of council. Business
conducted in global community where their mix of staff member in workplace and performing
with co-workers and retailers in other part of the world (Price and Nelson, 2018). Without
understanding employees culture as well as other business stakeholders business never grow and
succeed. If manager do not respect stakeholder beliefs and values cultural barriers can be
increase in workplace that directly effect employee performance and business profit margin.
Communicating with other staff members whose native language is not English and
different from the another can posses problems in council management. The way person speak is
different from each generation, language impediments cause comprehension problem and
workers particular language will be face difficulty to understand new person or someone
different language.
Culture-
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In a firm with power culture, power has been held by just few persons whose impact
spreads throughout company. In council is management decision power held by one person
others get affected and this will create issues in management. Manager with power culture used
their power positively either negatively which directly influenced on each individual
performance and business market share and productivity.
Power culture normally strong culture, though it can fleetly toxic. Negative used of
power culture by manager decrease employees performance and low their morale, they feel that
management do not care about. But if manager give rewards to their workers based on their
performance motivate them and enhance their working interest more than now, it is considered
as positive skill used in workplace.
Management Issues-
HR pay incentives to their workers and pay equal wages to them for retaining talented
staff with them for longer term. Thus, if human resource management does not pay salary to their
employees based on their performance and hard work, workers get dissatisfied with this nature or
behavior, they decide to do not work under this company. It creates issues in business and
decrease productivity and profit margin rather than the others in marketplace. In council if
manager do not treat staff equally employee they feel low and switch to another.
Importance of maintaing diversity-
Maintaining diversity in management, culture power and business is very important
because of increasing profit and productivity. Diversity in workplace of Council is important for
workers because it manifests themselves in building great reputation for firm, leading to
maximize opportunities for employees and profitability for business. However, the diversity is
important for enhancing the trust, loyalty, respect, honor between the relationship among the
managers and the employees of the company.
Management theories on decision making, motivation and problem solving
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is one of the best motivation theory that enhance workers
performance and motivate them for doing some creativity in workplace. Maslow hierarchy
theory focuses on psychological needs of workers. They put forward theory that there are five
stages in hierarchy of human demand that staff need to have fulfilled at work. This model is
based on five stages, such as:-
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Physiological needs- Air, water, food, clothing, shelter etc, are the biological demands
for human survival. To motivate staff members in council manager need to provide each
employees the best facilities or services of their company. It need to satisfy people by
considering their psychological requirements and consider other needs become secondary till
their workers need are met. Manager motivate staff via offering homeostasis services in which
they live until when they are working with them. They can provide apartments to people which
has been build by company for those worker who come from longer distance. They make
decision according to people requirements and solve problem effectively.
Safety needs- in some countries staff will not satisfy with their company services and
concern. They feel that lack of motivation impact on its performance and morale, they need to
get the best facilities as according to work (Zhou, Vredenburgh and Rogoff, 2015). With the help
of Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory manager of council manage staff and enhance their
performance. After provide all the psychological needs' manager need to move up to second
level of motivation. At this stage employees needs for safety and security and place this need at
become primary. Staff wants that company offer health and wellness and financial security to
them. Some people find the job where firm provide safety and health care benefit to them which
enhance productivity and retain people with business for long term period.
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Social needs- In council manager need to create health and communicative environment,
they have to allow all staff member to communicate with others in workplace. By creating
friendly environment in company manager try to make new candidates and existing employees
comfortable and satisfy. Staff need to believe and respect other cultures and values and try to
adopt in work areas.
Esteem needs- In this level people satisfy with their work and adjust themselves in
company environment or culture. The esteem needs will play important role in motivating
behavior. At this stage, employee get all the things which make them comfortable and assure
about company concern for staff.
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Illustration 1: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
(Source: MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, 2017)

Self actualization- if manager provide the better services and fulfill the needs of staff
member, individual enhance their performance after that.
With the help of this Maslow's hierarchy theory council management solve their any
issues because workers is the key of business success and growth.
Recommendation-
 New recruited manager in council must communicate with their workers more than now.
 They should pay equal wages and good salary packages that helps to motivate all the staff
members.
Behavioral theory of decision making:
This concept is founded by Herbert A Simon, a widely recognized economist, wherein he tries to
give an explanation for how choices are made in actual life circumstances. According ti his
theory supervisor has to make selections underneath difficult situations. Moreover, this theory
says that even as taking a selection how a superior manages the activities, how he respond to
those situations and the manner he tries to resolve them is all included in the behavior of the
personnel. However, According to this theory, superiors of the company have confined view of
issues because they do no have adequate information regarding the issues, do not own
knowledge of all viable solutions, do no longer have the capability to analyze environmental and
technological data and do not have enough time and sources to demeanor a thorough overview of
solutions to respond to difficult problems.
Moreover, according to this model , if the manager is applying task oriented concept then
they focus on coordinating the activities of the employees whereas if the manager of the
company is focusing on the employee oriented approach then they maintain the strong relation
among the company and the personnel.
CONCLUSION
The current report cover all the information about effective management skills such as
motivation, problem solving, communication skills which is required for manager in Warwick
district council. It has been concluded that all the above skill is very beneficial for professional
and personal career growth. This study discusses that power culture, language barriers and poor
pay wages create issues in management and include that diversity is important for solving all the
issues effectively. Furthermore, it discusses about Maslow's hierarchy theory of needs that helps
manager of council for motivating their staff.
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