Management Career in the Contemporary World - RMIT 2023

A Management Career in the Contemporary World

Getting to know YOU

Poll

Your current understanding about the management career comes from

• Media (including both official sources and social media)

• Books / Courses

• People I Know

• Personal Experiences

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What’s your view on a "management career"?

• A reward for years of hard work

• A serious career choice that suits me

• A serious career choice that seems not for me

• I don’t have a clear idea

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What do you think about the AMOUNT of management theories you are learning in University?

• Too Much

• Just Right

• Not Enough

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What do you think about the USEFULNESS of management theories you are learning in University?

• Very useful

• Somewhat useful

• Not sure

• Not useful :(

Gameloft & Huy Dũng

Reorder

Reorder the letter to form the correct name of the popular organization structure in which each employee has 2 direct bosses

• M

• A

• TR

• I

• X

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Management in Real Life

Reorder

Reorder the following core management functions to a logical timeline

• Plan

• Organize

• Staff

• Lead

• Control

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Match

Match the PLANNING method most suitable for each situation?

• Detailed, Proactive Planning, All-Team inputs

• Light, Reactive Planning, mainly Leaders’ input

• Macro Planning, Self-Initiated by Team Members

New Creative Game

Standardized Publishing Service

Team of Department Managers

• New Creative Game

• Standardized Publishing Service

• Team of Department Managers

Match

Match the FINANCIAL ORGANIZING method most suitable for each situation?

• Company Editorial Strategy and Market Analysis

• Careful Analysis of Revenue and Cost

• Studio Operational Budget

New Creative Game

Standardized Publishing Service

Team of Department Managers

• New Creative Game

• Standardized Publishing Service

• Team of Department Managers

Match

Match the STAFF method most suitable for each situation?

• Recruit external Juniors, train them with classes and hands-on guidance

• Recruit external/internal seniors, give them challenges

• Recruit internal seniors, give them coaching

New Creative Game

Standardized Publishing Service

Team of Department Managers

• New Creative Game

• Standardized Publishing Service

• Team of Department Managers

Match

Match the LEAD method most suitable for each situation?

• Members Pull Tasks themselves, Daily Standups

• Leaders Assign Tasks, Daily Status Chat, Weekly Meetings

• Members self-managed their tasks, Weekly One-on-One

New Creative Game

Standardized Publishing Service

Team of Department Managers

• New Creative Game

• Standardized Publishing Service

• Team of Department Managers

Match

Match the CONTROL method most suitable for each situation?

• Product Reviews with Stakeholders, Customers Feedback

• KPI Dashboard, Weekly Reports, Semester-based Client Feedback

• 360-degree Feedback, Studio and Personal Objectives

New Creative Game

Standardized Publishing Service

Team of Department Managers

• New Creative Game

• Standardized Publishing Service

• Team of Department Managers

YOUR management career

Dropdown

​ ​ Managers have always need Self Mastery, ​

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, and Domain Expertise. Nowadays, when changes are rapid and there are so much uncertainty, ambiguity, complexity, ​​

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became another Must-Have.

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Building your Knowledge about Management & Leadership is crucial, because you can only ​

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effectively if you are aware of all the different ​

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available.

Multiple Select

Assuming you want to improve Time Management Skills. Which actions below demonstrate an Experiment Mindset?

• Analyze your current habits and schedule to find out points of improvement

• Commit to practice one new Time Management Technique everyday for 30 days

• Watch a Video / Podcast about Time Management everyday for 30 days

• Reflect on times when your Time Management went wrong, identify Lessons

Multiple Choice

Which one was NOT a recommended action toward becoming a corporate manager?

• Immerse yourself in a domain, learn vocational/ technical skills, learn how things work

• Work in real teams and real events/projects

• Work on improving self-awareness and emotional intelligent/agility

• Pitch ideas to investors to raise funding

Questions and Answers

Open Ended

That was a lot of stuff! For sure there can be confusion / gap. What are your questions?

Poll

Please rate your overall learning experience today

• 😡 Bad

• 🥱 Meh

• 😐 Unsure

• 😀 Nice

• 😍 Amazing

Open Ended

Please share a few words about the session.

Something you learned, something you liked, disliked, anything?