A popular training activity that explores
                        the role and skills of a manager.
          Are they people or task orientated managers?

Exploring the Manager's
Role and SkillsManagers Role and Skills Jigsaw
This activity focuses on the four integral areas an effective manager is skilled in.
It also identifies areas that managers
should NOT practice.

Ideal for recently appointed or longer term managers
to discuss their role and identify the skills
they need to perform it.

This stimulating training material allows participants to:

  • use consensus seeking skills to identify the role of the manager
  • recognise the skills required to be a successful manager
  • identify areas that managers should NOT practice
  • discover whether they are people or task orientated
  • identify areas to develop for more effective management
  • formulate an action plan for their development.

This exercise is used for recruitment and assessing staff before promoting them to managers.

It is also a good icebreaker on a management course, managers' conference or seminar.

How it works - Part 1

The material consists of 74 cards with a statement that might apply to the role and skills of a manager (see some examples to the right). Each team studies the cards and reaches a consensus as to which of the following five headings the card comes under:

Group A - Managing Activities
Group B - Managing Resources
Group C - Managing People
Group D - Managing Communication
Group E - Inappropriate or Little use

This part of the activity provokes a useful discussion on the role and skills of a manager. It enables the trainer to observe managers in action and identify areas for development.
 

Part 2

Teams then prioritise the cards for groups A to D by choosing the 10 most important cards for each group. Each team's choice can be compared with the other teams to discover which statements are considered to be the most relevant in their role as a manager.

Part 3

The trainer issues participants with a questionnaire based on the cards. This enables participants to see their level of people and task orientation.

This part helps participants to understand how they should apply their skills according to the situation. It also helps them to focus on their development needs and formulate an action plan.

Exploring the Manager's Role and Skills is a flexible training activity that allows you to examine key competencies required for a manger. It is used in assessment programmes and development courses to test knowledge and skills.

   Comments from users of this training activity

   “Exploring the Manager's Role and Skills is easy to use and an excellent activity to get managers talking and thinking
   about their role and skills. It highlighted those who were people managers and those who were more task orientated.”

   “This is an ideal training activity. I use it to bring out key points on communication and management issues. I also
   use it for graduate recruitment. Excellent value for money.”

Duration:     1 to 2 hours + Debrief (Depending on how many parts are used).

Numbers:     Up to 4 teams with 2 to 6 delegates in a team (24 delegates in total for each business game).

Cost to buy (including a trainer's manual) to facilitate it yourself: £250 + VAT and delivery.
                    
We will also run this activity for you: please Email: games@elitetraining.co.uk or call +44 (0)1 473 610320


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