Do we
have good managers?
By Tharindu Weerasinghe (MSc.Eng, BSc.Eng(Hons), MIEEE, AMIESL)
The writer is a software engineer at a leading software company in Sri
Lanka.
Sometimes you manage
someone; sometimes you are managed by someone! If you are married and
have kids, then you are a manager at home. [Here I mention as “a manager”
but not as “the manager”, because your spouse is the other manager at home
whether you like it or not…!] If you possess a managerial position in the
organization that you work for, then you manage the employees who work under
your management. If you are employed and you are not the CEO, then it is
clearly obvious that you must report to your management, in other words, you
are managed by them. Many administrators (both in government and private
sector) have managerial responsibilities.
Many professions have various types of managerial responsibilities as
well as capacities. Engineers, doctors, university administrators, professors,
school principals and many other professionals get the opportunity to manage
their subordinates at a certain level of their professions. So, it is very
important these managers know how to be successful in managing people!
