Styles of Management: What Kind of Manager Will You Be?

Section 1) Introduction

The two styles of management are essential for decision-making effectively but the most important and contemporary style will be collaboration rather than command and control. The reason is that in the beginning of my career as HR Administrative Assistant, I have faced more on command and control, which was overwhelming and stressing work pace and achievements. Sometimes, as a manager, we have to blend the both or choose one of it to lead staff members to make things easier and particularly decision that affects staff members directly practiced when I was Training Coordinator and managing trainers. Such discussion and conceptual information included in the later section. Moreover, it is depending on kind of team that I will be leading such as members without prior experience and knowledge seeking will require command and control while experienced staff members are suitable for leading collaboratively. I like collaboration style of management. The common management style is command and control for fresher but there should be blend of collaboration so staff members will participate and get involved. According to Lee, M., and Purdue University, 20071, collaboration is occurring when there are two more people working together for achieving common work product, result and goal. On the other hand, during collaboration, it enables iteration and feedback that will be providing opportunities for team members by revising and reviewing work of each other, learning from others, making changes reflecting productivity, and producing product that is better and greater2. Section 2) Kind of Manager

The suitable and kind of manager should be collaborative leader, which is method or process that is for guiding diversified group of people in solution finding to complex problems that will be affecting them all3. It is using inclusive and supportive methods for ensuring that all staff members affected by changes due to new decisions then they should be part of the change or decision-making process4.
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Lee, M., and Purdue University. (2007). Usability Of Collaboration Technologies. New York: ProQuest. Blumen, H. M., and State University of New York at Stony Brook. (2008). Effects Of Group Collaboration And Repeated Retrieval On Later Individual Memory. New York: ProQuest.

Stagich, T. (2006). Collaborative Leadership and Global Transformation: Developing Collaborative Leaders and High Synergy Organizations. New York: Global Leadership Resources.
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Tencati, A., and Zsolnai, L. (2010). The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Values for a Sustainable World. New York: Peter Lang.

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2.1) Collaborative Management Style

Not all the managers will be possessing skills in leading and managing staff members collaboratively. All managers will need staff members following them but some of the managers will not be willing to share power such as authority of decision-making with their staff members. It is important to engage others while working together5. Therefore, manager should be able to adapt according to staff members style to follow that is reflecting organizational environment such as leading collaboratively even though it is command and control working environment. 2.2) Collaboration Decision-Making

Decision-making enabled with collaboration systems will be providing staff members with iteration and feedback that are helping them in identification of several alternatives of solution and making choice by them with discussion of pros and cons of each solution, which manager alone cannot do it6. A decision that affects all staff members and their work process will not be effective when managers alone will make the decision for changes. Therefore, there will be difficulties in planning and implementing such decision for change or improvement. Section 3) Conclusion

In conclusion, there is no specific or perfect management style but manager should adapt to collaboration and blend it with command and control for some decisions not affecting staff members until members adapt to collaboration style. None will be aware about collaboration style because some of the managers are not willing to share authority power in decision-making. The recommendation is that new manager working in command and control style of management environment and wanting to bring improvement with collaboration style of management then she should blend the both until staff members adapt to the new style of management. The failure to do so will result in creating working conditions and environment that will be confusing and leading to unwanted results where her boss and staff members will become against her style of management.
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Rowitz, L. (2006). Public Health For The 21st Century: The Prepared Leader. New York: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Babuka R., and Frans, C. (2010). Interactive Collaborative Information Systems. New York: Springer.

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References

1) Lee, M., and Purdue University. (2007). Usability Of Collaboration Technologies. New York: ProQuest. 2) Blumen, H. M., and State University of New York at Stony Brook. (2008). Effects Of Group Collaboration And Repeated Retrieval On Later Individual Memory. New York: ProQuest. 3) Stagich, T. (2006). Collaborative Leadership and Global Transformation: Developing Collaborative Leaders and High Synergy Organizations. New York: Global Leadership Resources. 4) Tencati, A., and Zsolnai, L. (2010). The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Values for a Sustainable World. New York: Peter Lang. 5) Rowitz, L. (2006). Public Health For The 21st Century: The Prepared Leader. New York: Jones & Bartlett Learning. 6) Babuka R., and Frans, C. (2010). Interactive Collaborative Information Systems. New York: Springer.

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