Management …is hope

Is hard to explain why exactly I connect management with hope. Whole thinking process what management means to me, was triggered by interview question. The other day I was asked on job interview why did I choose master or management. To tell honestly I was not really prepared for that question. How do I tell them in short that management is my passion and my drive... when the word management is so wide and whole story lies behind it?

Well, if we go to origin of the word management. Is to manage and according to dictionary is “To direct or control the use of; handle or to succeed in accomplishing or achieving, especially with difficulty; contrive or arrange”. Technically is to have things under control. It is still little connection to hope.

In sociology management means intend to influence people and their behaviour and also coordinate them. Then you have of course there different type of managements such as in general there are six of them

-          Human resource management, Operations management or production management, Strategic management, Marketing management, Financial management, Information technology management...

This only causes more confusion, when you want to explain the word management.

Mainly management is executed though functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading/directing, controlling/monitoring and motivation.

But if you ask the common crowds, they will associate word manager negative and mostly the instant connection will be made to power, money and greed. This is totally opposite from my point of view. Being in powered is nice and is priceless to lead your team towards victory, but more embarrassing if you lead the team to failure. 

So, how do I associate management with hope? Well listen to this story:

Once upon times in faraway land lived a girl that really loved entrepreneurship and management processes. One day she had an opportunity to happily enrol in University for master of management. Of course at the time she was full of hopes and expectations.

“Now I will finally have a chance to “change the world”, she said.

Little did she know, that is not going to be easy. She thought that passion was enough. She was expecting knowledge that she was searching for years, instead she received handful of calculations and challenges.

First she started to doubt herself. Maybe she is not cut for it. Maybe she should stick to what she does best (languages). She had incredible ability to learn the languages excellent and fast.

“Maybe management is not what I should focus in? Maybe I should refocus in languages?” she doubt herself.

Only the languages did not have the same charm for her. She learned the languages on the way it mean of communicate with people and not because she find passion in.

But the girl was no quitter and stayed determined that she is going to finish what she started. She grabs bull by the horns and adapts the way of learning. She realized that learning the languages she finds easier because she find connections and that how she remembers. Most off all she needs to hear and see it. Once she discovered that fact was no limits (only the time). She passed the exams and lived happily after.

I could associate this story with mine....

For that reasons I connect management with hope. Good management gives you tools and skills to improve situation. The chance to improve situation gives me hope. Hope that you make a difference, that you improve situation.