Developing a Management Development Program
Sandra Adrianne Pena
Concordia University
Leadership & OGM in Healthcare
MPH 543
Dr. S. Anderson
September 28, 2014
DEVELOPING A MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM1
Developing a Management Development Program
The process of developing a management development program would potential serve as a proactive approach to addressing the redundant problems that are occurring in office places and businessesall around the world. The redundant problems that can be as simple as failure to communicate or an inability to work together are like tiny drops of acid. Those tiny drops of acid can cause fissures in an otherwise solid block ultimately, resulting in the destruction of the block and the development of complications in the workplace that leaded to problems such as to high staff turnover rates and general discourse among employees.
The goals of my management development program would include goal setting, teamwork, communication, team building, and conflict resolution I would propose that to achieve these goals it would be necessary to utilize an interdisciplinary approach that use multiple learning and teaching styles that would be best suited to achieve these goals as these would all require a multidisciplinary
Goal setting is essential to building an effective team and having displaying a united, respected front within a business place. An effective manager and leader will assist subordinates in setting goals that will assist that individual in moving from their current level to a next possibly higher level within an organization. It is important to remember that today leaders will not always be around so it is important to nurture the next great set of leaders that will absorb the roles.
Teamwork relies on the base of ‘team’ no one person can do everything by himself or herself, even the most powerful people have an entire behind the scenes team that helps that person be the great person that they are. Great leaders would flounder if they did not acknowledge that they require help. For effective team building it requires trust and effective communication. For good team building to occur it is important that there be a level of mutual respect between colleges.
Communication is essential to everyday interactions. Communication is something that is so very essential, yet so surprisingly simple and yet it still manages to breakdown at regular and unexpected intervals that result in complete and utter chaos within workplaces. Communication is based in having an effective sender of a message and a receiver of messages yet miscommunication still occur and they cause people there jobs, there relationships inside and outside of work and in extreme cases it can even case people their lives.
Conflict resolution is essential when team building, trust, and communication fall short or utterly fail. Conflict occurs and it is how people react to and deal with determines what the residual fall out will be after the conflict occurs. Conflict can come in many forms such as personality conflicts, issues with other co-works that can steam from poor job performance etc.
What I find to be most difficult would be how to instill all these traits in anyone leader. Maybe one of the greatest challenges of all there can be on-site in-services and out-of-work functions that seek to build and foster great in and out of work relationships. Let’s face it we all spend so much time at work that we want to be at least moderately happy. When we are there so we may not be able to achieve all of these characteristics in any one leader, but we can seek to ensure understanding and communication are present so when these issue arise we are able to handle them accordingly.
References
Borkowski, N. (2011). Organizational Behavior in Health Care (2nd ed.). Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.