Which Background is Preferable for a Manager?
Selecting candidates for a job is never easy. Certainly when we're talking about managers, considering they are going to play an important role in your organization...
Which one do you prefer to hire for your projects?
1. A manager with a technical background (with engineering university degree), or
2. A manager with a management background (who has studied management)?
I'm more toward the administrative managers because they can lead better and assign every one to accomplish the job.
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Elain Lin, China
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Preferred Manager Background Depends on Industry and Company
It depends on different industries and companies. In my company, the manager with a technical backgr... Sign up
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Jeannine Stoute, United States
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Managing Systems or People?
If the concentration is managing people, I am in favor of the management background. The organizatio... Sign up
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Beddoe, United Kingdom
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Consider the Team as a Whole
I would suggest that this is solely down to the structure and skills already in the business.
If th... Sign up
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MATTHEW ZHANG, China
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Lower Managers and Higher Managers
Though most of time we feel comfortable to have certain technical expertise to take a manager role, ... Sign up
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Avijit Chobey, India
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Situation-based Leaders
In projects the project leaders are situation-based and are temporary. After the goal of projects is... Sign up
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Kwaku Awuku, Ghana
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Preferable Background for a Manager
Generally, I think you should hire someone for capability, skills, values and behavior.
However th... Sign up
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M V Ananthakrishnan, India
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Hiring Professionals for Projects
Technical qualifications relevant to the project profile is the PRIMARY requirement. Further, I feel... Sign up
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Stephen Haris, Australia
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Which Background is Preferable for a Manager
I have seen either work very well and either fail quite spectacularly.
It really depends on what y... Sign up
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Radcliff A Owen, Australia
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Management versus Leadership versus Technician
The business operating environment should determine the person required.
In calm and steady times, ... Sign up
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dolly Nkabinde, South Africa
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An Understanding of Both is Needed
I think a manager should have a strong management background and a business degree.
She should be ... Sign up
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R.F.E. Peters, Netherlands
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No Managing Without Knowledge
A manager needs to know about what he is managing. For example: a manager can successfully do what h... Sign up
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Locke, New Zealand
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Knowledge of the Industry
@IRFAN AHMED : I agree with your view that a knowledge of the industry or practice is essential in o... Sign up
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Dorota Powtak, Poland
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There is no Technical Management
Technical education disturbs in building macro strategy and managers with technical background conce... Sign up
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ian cockerham, United Kingdom
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A Managers Background
Your past is less important than where you're going! Still, I believe a manager needs more than a li... Sign up
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Darryl Lynn Jones, United States
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Manager Background Requisites
The optimal manager has technical competency with an attitude that is conducive to chameleon-like co... Sign up
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Jorge Garrido, Mexico
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Managers Background
@Elain lin: Managers backround:
1. Needs experience leading people, a manger needs to be a leader (... Sign up
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Clarise Morris, United Arab Emirates
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Manager Qualifications
From where I see it, it is necessary that a manager has a working knowledge of all areas that he ove... Sign up
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sweety, United States
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Prerequisites for Managers Depends on What you Manage
Managers can manage people, project or a product.
The required amount of technical knowledge will ... Sign up
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adeboye,clement, Nigeria
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Preferable Background for a New Manager
A manager should have a minimum relevant experience and a track record of achieved results.
The em... Sign up
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Vusal Aliyev, Azerbaijan
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Which Background is Preferable for a Manager?
When I studied economics at university, my teacher on technology sciences used to say "Technologists... Sign up
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Luis, China
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Consider the Level of the Manager
In an organization hierarchy, normally lower level managers are required to have industry background... Sign up
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Juan Perez Eras, Mexico
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Scoring and Comparing
A solution could be to score management and technical skills (from 1 to 5). Then you compare the can... Sign up
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Olsson, Sweden
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Good Management Skills are Rare
Both skills can be taught to a certain level and the level of knowledge and mix depends on the wante... Sign up
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Tesfu, Ethiopia
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Complete Background of a Project Manager
I agree that selecting the right person for any senior position is not an easy task.
For a project ... Sign up
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Juan Perez Eras, Mexico
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Focusing on the Discussion
@Bill Boynton: the issue established by Maryam is to select a manager between two extremes: a fully ... Sign up
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ian cockerham, United Kingdom
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The Selection of Managers
I am coming round to the view that what an engineer, teacher, bus driver, nurse, etc needs on first ... Sign up
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ichsan widyantoro, Indonesia
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It Depends on the Department
In my opinion, it depends on the department that he leads. I think a manager with a technical backgr... Sign up
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ian cockerham, United Kingdom
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Management Leadership and Technical Ability
@ichsan widyantoro: watching small children, it is clear that some are leaders, some are managers, s... Sign up
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FAYEZ, Saudi Arabia
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Management is in Between Managers and Leaders
Managers are preferred when they understand the company/owners vision and mission and have the abili... Sign up
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Svensson, Canada
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Experience and Emotional Intelligence
I agree that knowledge of the industry is often important.
But much also depends on the industry a... Sign up
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Jesper Jensen, United States
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The Optimal Background for a Manager depends on the Management Level
To choose between a future manager with either a technical or management training background you fir... Sign up
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Juan Perez Eras, Mexico
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Coaching New Managers
Another solution to solve Maryam's dichotomy is to use coaching, selecting a person amongst some eng... Sign up
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