Managing People Vocabulary

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Human Resource Management

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A strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization’s most valued assets – the people; a description of the process involved in managing people in organizations.

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Management

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Comprises the directing and controlling of a group of people for the purpose of coordinating and harmonizing the group toward accomplishing a goal.

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Character

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Displays honesty, sincerity and candor in all situations; always ethical and moral; inspires employees to trust the manager or leader, and allows managers to lead by example.

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Vision

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Involves looking at the small and big picture; allows for priorities to be established; consists of not only organizational skills but also creativity and thinking “outside of the box”.

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Motivational Skills

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Allow managers to inspire their employees by gaining their respect, setting an example and conveying their ideas; involve displaying confidence and excitement and are conveyed through the charisma of an individual.

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Knowledge

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Encourages managers and other employees to become life-long learners; allows leaders to study, prepare and seek challenging assignments; facilitates quick-thinking and problem-solving; enables individuals to be able to logically create ideas and methods to reach other individuals.

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Communication Skills

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Allow managers to accurately convey their thoughts, feelings, goals and objectives to employees by understanding their audience; facilitate good company morale with clear communication.

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Personal Drive

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Allows a leader to keep themselves energized; inspires other employees to follow suit; being goal oriented and intrinsically motivated.

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Interpersonal Skills

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Used when working with others; measure of a person's ability to operate within business organizations through social communication and interactions; involve relationships which are established from manager to employee, manager to team and manager to department.

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Interpersonal Roles

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Concerned with the relationships between individuals; link all managerial work together.