Human resource management

Jack of all trades

Leonardo di Ser Piero When you are in a management position for a number of years, you get skilled in more disciplines apart from your own.

When you are a project manager, you become a Jack of all trades.

The Jack of all trades in this context is described in the wikipedia as "master of integration, since the individual knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together into a practical finished product".

The more formal ways to describe such a person are; "polymath", "renaissance man" and "Homo Universalis".

I stick with Jack of all trades because it needs no explanation.

In this category on my website I will share my knowledge of the various skills I acquired over the years.

Regards,

Lion

Human resource management

Monday, 01 September 2008 23:45

A good project manager implicitly needs to be a good human resources manager.

Human resource management serves the following key functions:

Selection
Training and Development
Performance Evaluation and Management
Promotions
Redundancy
Industrial and Employee Relations
Record keeping of all personal data
Compensation, pensions, bonuses etc in liaison with Payroll
Confidential advice to internal 'customers' in relation to problems at work
Career development

As a project manager you have to be involved in all these functions in order to keep your team happy and your project on track.

Last Updated on Monday, 01 September 2008 23:57