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Management in India: Grow from an Accidental to a successful manager in the IT & knowledge industry

By : Rahul Goyal
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Management in India: Grow from an Accidental to a successful manager in the IT & knowledge industry

By: Rahul Goyal

Overview of this book

Most managers are untrained and need a foundation of management thought processes and frameworks. The market has books that are very theory heavy and generalized, and lack a certain focus. Nothing seen so far has the right context and balance of management theory and real world practical information.Written by Rahul Goyal, a top manager at an IT firm, this book is an easy-to-read map to help you navigate the journey of being a manager in the knowledge industry. It will increase your effectiveness in applying skills needed daily, like hiring, communicating, motivating and planning. Learn from examples that you can relate to, and theories explained in context. The books starts with raising a number of questions that knowledge industry managers face everyday. Then it gives detailed explanation of the roles and responsibilities of being a manager and maps the classic Herzberg's ten managerial roles into today's knowledge industry context. Next it focuses on the transition from being an individual contributor to a manager, the typical issues one faces and how to make it easier in this transition phase. The next chapter digs into what is required to be a manager and the behaviours required for being a manager in India. We then dive into the key aspects of being a manager such as how to build a team and create team spirit, understanding the process of hiring and figuring out the adequate compensation for a new hire, managing the critical campus hiring process, and understanding what motivates a knowledge worker.Then the book covers the basic motivation theories, explained in an Indian context. The book will get into the details of performance evaluation processes and the common pitfalls of the same. You will learn how to plan for personal effectiveness and an execution plan for delivery.Finally, we look beyond the basics of managing and explore how a manager can grow. It's easy to get lost in the daily hustleand bustle and forget the essentials that can take you past your current career level. We look through some simple dos' and don'ts and keep growth in perspective while being a manager.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Management in India: Grow from an Accidental to a Successful Manager in the IT & Knowledge Industry
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Frustrations of being a new manager


The process of transition will bring about many frustrations; let's look at some common ones now.

Teaching a man how to fish

One of the biggest problems to overcome for a new manager is the thought process that says, "I can do this myself, better and faster". Every time there is a task to be done, you have a choice to make regarding whether this work should be delegated to somebody else, or whether I can do this myself. As an individual contributor, it is natural to take on work that comes to you and the mindset is still largely the same when you transition into a manager.

Here's what happens.

A certain work, say, preparing a document on design, needs to be done. Now the choices are:

  • If you assign it to another member, Tom, then you have to do the following:

    • Explain what you'd like to be done in there

    • Monitor when it's being done

    • Review what's done

    • Take a deep breath and go back to step 1 for changes

    • Continue the cycle till you are satisfied

It is very tempting...