Manager Development Course Presented to Senior Managers in Johannesburg, 2016

1. Management
Practice
KHOLISILE MAZAZA
VUKUZANI EDUCATION & TRAINING (PTY)LTD
2016

2. Introduction
 Introduction
 Overview of guide
 Learning Outcomes
 Primary Managerial Activities
 Key Managerial Functions

3. Introduction
 Leadership
 Contemporary Management Issues
 Case Study Method
 Project Management

4. Management in context
 Management Theory is straight forward and
accounts for 20% of effective management.
 Management Practice is dynamic and accounts
for 80% of effective management.
 The context within which management plays out
is turbulent, dynamic, crisis driven, chaotic.

5. Management in context
 How do we understand context?
 The manager must be congruent with the
context in order to succeed. How do you
understand this statement.
 “Context determines the manager & manager
shapes the context”

6. Management in context
 Managerial context is defined by a variety of
internal and external factors.
 These factors are either enablers (catalysts) or
constraints or barriers.
 These factors are dynamic in a turbulent
environment.
 Mangers often over-estimate their abilities,

7. Management in context
 they could also under-estimate the complexities
of the context of their situation.
 Managers must ensure buy in by key
stakeholders, make sound judgement about
competing alternatives,
 must also be mindful how his/her personality and
management style impact on the.
 Each level of an organisation has different
approach and emphasis.

8. Case Analysis