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COURSE TITLE:
COURSE CODE:
ASSIGNMENT:
IN NOT MORE THAN 10 PAGES WRITE THE FOLLOWING
SKILLS AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT:
1. LISTENING SKILLS
2. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
3. CREATIVE SKILLS
4. TEAM BUILDING SKILLS
SUBMITTED BY:
......... JENNIFER
MAT. NO:
LEVEL: 400 LEVEL
DEPARTMENT:
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
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The staffing component of management is referred to as personnel management.
Personnel management refers to the use of human resources to help the library
and information centre achieve their ultimate goals, which revolve around
connecting the right user with the right information material at the right time.
for it. It is the part of management that deals with an organisation’s employees.
Employees, as a result, are a valuable asset to the company where they work
researchers agree on its meaning, nature, scope, and purpose. Such as the
following:
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Personnel management is the process of planning, organising, directing,
goals.
to bring together and develop the men and women who make up an
individuals and working groups, so that they may contribute their best to
with their work and, thus, give their all to the organisation.
served.
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Relevance of Essential Skills in Personnel Management
1. Listening Skills:
questions, paraphrasing, avoiding interrupting the speaker, not over talking, and
the ability to transition smoothly between the roles of speaker and listener.
the employees and the organization. The way they do their job is highly
goals. To be successful at their job the personnel managers have to be very good
communicators. They have to know how to speak and listen well. Mastering
speaking is something that most of the successful managers and leaders pay
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However, effective communication doesn’t consist only of effective speaking.
Effective listening is even more important for those who want to hold a
managerial position. In order to organize and lead the employees the manager
needs to understand them. Simply, if you do your best to understand others, they
will also spend more energy and attention to understand you. If you do not do
your best in understanding others, they will not either. Understanding will
enable you fully use the experience, knowledge, skills, motivation and passion
build more humane relationships and connect more deeply. This will create
2. Communication Skills:
with strong communication skills can facilitate collaboration among staff, share
the institution's vision, and ensure that all stakeholders are informed and
engaged.
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you express your message clearly and receive vital information to help you
them from developing in the first place. Employees turn to the personnel
department when there is a problem with their job or they have a personal
problem that could affect their job performance. In these situations, a personnel
executive must know what questions will draw out responses that paint the full
that they are speaking to someone who cares and listens thoughtfully. When
them feel confident that their concerns will be resolved. Likewise, special
layoffs.
on how well employees learn new skills by making performance goals clear and
designing employee training tools that are clear and easy to follow.
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It’s also important to have solid written communications skills. Management
and reports.
3. Creative Skills:
A creative person can come up with better ideas and select people who are
better at helping him in his plans. He can see things from a new perspective,
have a different vision and is better at inspiring people by their talents. Some of
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To identify new, profitable ventures and business opportunities.
While many managers will be able to address the demands of the first 5
responsibilities, it is the last point which makes it so tough for the managers to
function. That is exactly where creative problem solving steps in. A creative
manager will be able to observe the areas in which people need services.
Using that observation, they can find innovative ways to market products and
motivate their customers to take decisions. Problems that need creative problem
solving are ‘open-ended’ in nature, i.e. these problems have more than one
solution.
team building helps create cohesive teams of educators who work harmoniously
You can’t build a dependable team without being a reliable team player
yourself. The workers in your team should have trust that you’re available to
guide them when needed. And when they do, they’ll reciprocate the same level
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So lead by example. Cultivate the same attributes and attitudes within yourself
CONCLUSION
are pivotal in ensuring that educational managers can lead their institutions
towards success.
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