Being in a management institute and studying management, people expect you to know management.
But do we really learn all that is there to management?
One learns quite a lot of management. Take it from me, after having done my graduation in management and even my post graduation from management, the amount of theoretical knowledge that one is expected to have in one's kitty is enormous. Added to this are the few snippets of practical knowledge that we gain through different exercises during the course and also in life. These snippets of practical knowledge take us forward quite a bit in life as we learn to apply our theory in practice.
If anybody had told me that the 'Principles of Management' are extremely important, I would have scoffed at them earlier. Having learnt this subject twice during my two courses, I had given it up as something that I would never learn. This was a subject taught by two different people, one who taught it entirely with a practical view (with absolutely no theory) and the other with a mix of both. But at the end of both the subjects, my knowledge in this subject stood at a very low level of knowing just that POSDCORB was important at all level, in all organizations, in all project and no matter what you did.
But even then, everybody did do a bit of planning, organizing and directing for whatever it is that they had to carry out, or so I thought. I couldn't figure out what the big fuss was about with this subject. It seemed like common sense.
And then INFLORE happened.
INFLORE is a management fest that is conducted by the management students and some of us where in charge of the entire event. As a part of the organizers of this fest, we had lots of tasks which had fallen on us. From arranging the different games/event to panel discussion to quiz to stay, food and travel arrangement for all participants, to raising funds for the same, keeping tab on the money and so on and on. There were so many things to do and so little time. So we divided the responsibilities and tasks that fell to each person.
Ashwin, Lisa and I were in-charge of the Panel Discussion and the Inauguration of our entire fest. From inviting the panelists, to fixing them and the moderators, inviting the corporates as audience, the entire event looked too big to handle.
Initially, we took up responsibilities on ourselves and tried to do things on our own. Gradually, as things unfolded I/ We realized the importance of applying what we had learnt. The need to plan, organize tasks, allot responsibilities, delegate tasks came out.
It wasn't very east to do but we did it. The need to work with people and understand their strengths and give them tasks which they are capable of doing it very essential. The most difficult part that I faced in the entire thing was to give the responsibility to the other and place trust in their ability to do it. I realized the true essence of the word empowerment and the fact that faith in others abilities to carry out their work does actually play a role.
We successfully had our three day management fest where we pulled off all the events that we had planned for. And now I can tell you with conviction, the principles of management and all the other theory that we learn are extremely essential and a must learn for anybody interested in managing anything, even their life.
The past two months ending with the culmination of our fest has been a learning experience for me, helping me understand more about the practical aspects of management....
But do we really learn all that is there to management?
One learns quite a lot of management. Take it from me, after having done my graduation in management and even my post graduation from management, the amount of theoretical knowledge that one is expected to have in one's kitty is enormous. Added to this are the few snippets of practical knowledge that we gain through different exercises during the course and also in life. These snippets of practical knowledge take us forward quite a bit in life as we learn to apply our theory in practice.
If anybody had told me that the 'Principles of Management' are extremely important, I would have scoffed at them earlier. Having learnt this subject twice during my two courses, I had given it up as something that I would never learn. This was a subject taught by two different people, one who taught it entirely with a practical view (with absolutely no theory) and the other with a mix of both. But at the end of both the subjects, my knowledge in this subject stood at a very low level of knowing just that POSDCORB was important at all level, in all organizations, in all project and no matter what you did.
But even then, everybody did do a bit of planning, organizing and directing for whatever it is that they had to carry out, or so I thought. I couldn't figure out what the big fuss was about with this subject. It seemed like common sense.
And then INFLORE happened.
INFLORE is a management fest that is conducted by the management students and some of us where in charge of the entire event. As a part of the organizers of this fest, we had lots of tasks which had fallen on us. From arranging the different games/event to panel discussion to quiz to stay, food and travel arrangement for all participants, to raising funds for the same, keeping tab on the money and so on and on. There were so many things to do and so little time. So we divided the responsibilities and tasks that fell to each person.
Ashwin, Lisa and I were in-charge of the Panel Discussion and the Inauguration of our entire fest. From inviting the panelists, to fixing them and the moderators, inviting the corporates as audience, the entire event looked too big to handle.
Initially, we took up responsibilities on ourselves and tried to do things on our own. Gradually, as things unfolded I/ We realized the importance of applying what we had learnt. The need to plan, organize tasks, allot responsibilities, delegate tasks came out.
It wasn't very east to do but we did it. The need to work with people and understand their strengths and give them tasks which they are capable of doing it very essential. The most difficult part that I faced in the entire thing was to give the responsibility to the other and place trust in their ability to do it. I realized the true essence of the word empowerment and the fact that faith in others abilities to carry out their work does actually play a role.
We successfully had our three day management fest where we pulled off all the events that we had planned for. And now I can tell you with conviction, the principles of management and all the other theory that we learn are extremely essential and a must learn for anybody interested in managing anything, even their life.
The past two months ending with the culmination of our fest has been a learning experience for me, helping me understand more about the practical aspects of management....
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