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Moving into management

  • 29-04-2008 7:41pm
    #1
    Tom Dunne
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    So, I'm a people person and I am thinking of moving into management. Not in the next year or so, more a longer term goal, perhaps 3-5 years.

    I have a MSc in Computing, very varied IT experience and I'm wondering if I should do another course in either project management or general management? Or how would I go about making the move into management?


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  • #2
    The Hill Billy
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    Tom Dunne wrote: »
    So, I'm a people person and I am thinking of moving into management. Not in the next year or so, more a longer term goal, perhaps 3-5 years.

    I have a MSc in Computing, very varied IT experience and I'm wondering if I should do another course in either project management or general management? Or how would I go about making the move into management?

    Tom - I've been in team lead & management positions for almost 18 years now. I've never been on a 'management' course, & more evolved into these roles through being a 'born leader' (eldest child & all that).

    That to me is a key attribute of a manager - i.e. someone who is comfortable in managing & leading people.

    Project management courses won't be geared towards helping you develop those skills. They will teach you how to effectively manage projects, but not people. I would more tend towards a general management/leadership course or a course on effective communication.

    Best of luck with it.


  • #3
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    My Dad did a course through the IMI and swears by it. As Hill Billy spoke of he chose one more related to managing people than projects.

    http://www.courses.imi.ie/

    Actually you've got me thinking about doing one now Tom damn you!

    Anyone got feedback on this one?

    IMI Certificate in Front-line Management (formerly Certificate in Supervisory Management -CISM)


  • #4
    Nody
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    I have to go with Hill Billy here. I've got around five years in management now and I had no courses when I went up. I had benefits from areas such as Economics, studies in religion and other cultures etc. to be able to better understand a situation but no "management" studies. When I hire a manager (which I have on multiple occassions) I simply ignore any courses like that that as irrelevant truth be told. As a manager you can benefit from such courses but they are far from a key factor to be one.

    My recommendation would be as follows, first of all you're more likely to become a manager in your current company then getting one in another company (working your way up).

    Secondly to become a manager you'll most likely have to show you can handle it before hand. You need to show ownership of issues, to work as an informal manager for the project/your team/department etc. basically. The answer when someone raises a problem should be "Np, we'll fix it" and not "I don't deal with that" and to be the person who's ready to step up (but not always, have to show you're a team player and give others a chance).

    The most important lessson to learn though is to accept you may be a manager but that don't mean you're perfect. You will have a lot to learn and quite frankly you'll learn it in the job and the mistakes you make there. The first job is the hardest and easiest in my oppinion, easiest because you probably know everyone, the procedures etc. but hardest because everyone also know you and that makes it harder to set the lines in the sand so to speak.


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