management skills
Child Topics
S4.0 - management skills
Managing people, activities, resources, and organisation; developing objectives and strategies, organising work activities, allocating and controlling resources and leading, motivating, recruiting and supervising people and teams.
S4.1 - developing objectives and strategies
Description
Envisioning a future state and developing strategies, goals, objectives and action plans to achieve it.
- S4.1.0 - developing objectives and strategies
- S4.1.1 - identifying opportunities
- S4.1.2 - developing financial, business or marketing plans
- S4.1.3 - developing operational policies and procedures
- S4.1.4 - developing research plans
- S4.1.5 - developing health programmes
- S4.1.6 - developing educational programmes
- S4.1.7 - developing contingency and emergency response plans
S4.2 - organising, planning and scheduling work and activities
Directing activities and tasks, establishing schedules and co-ordinating the activities of groups and individuals to complete objectives on time and within budget.
S4.3 - allocating and controlling resources
Description
Determining the distribution and availability of people, assets, materials or capital to accomplish organizational goals and putting in place financial and administrative controls.
Excludes:
– Delegate activities
S4.4 - performing administrative activities
Performing administrative tasks such as typing up reports, ordering supplies, maintaining mail correspondence, and ensuring administrative systems, processes and databases are efficient.
Excludes:
– Record and process information
S4.5 - leading and motivating
Description
Reinforcing an organization’s vision, inspiring and enthusing others to achieve positive outcomes. The focus of this group is on skills in motivating and inspiring others, rather than on managing and supervising a team.
Excludes:
– Managing, leading or supervising a team or its members.
Examples:
– Motivate employees
– Provide leadership
– Lead board meetings
S4.6 - building and developing teams
Encouraging team members and building a relationship of mutual trust, respect and cooperation. Stimulating teambuilding activities.
Excludes:
– Training
– Recruiting and hiring
Examples:
– Facilitate teamwork between students
– Encourage teambuilding
S4.7 - recruiting and hiring
Description
Acquiring the right talent to achieve the organization’s mission.
Excludes:
– Interviewing candidates
Examples:
– Recruit employees
– Carry out auditions
S4.8 - supervising people
Assigning responsibilities to others and directing and monitoring their performance.
Excludes:
– Define roles of team members
– Supervise children
S4.9 - making decisions
Description
Making a choice from several alternative possibilities.
Examples:
– Decide on loan applications
– Make legal decisions
– Decide on products to be stocked