At this point in my life, I have experienced and encountered many situations in my life, that I am in a position of evaluating myself critically and define my management philosophy. At the school, work and the university, I have had experiences that presented difficult challenges to me. Handling hem was a hustle. However, identifying with a personal management philosophy was very handy in sailing through some of these daunting challenges. Since there are many approaches, theories and ideologies to management, and that not all are applicable to a particular situation, it is beneficial for a manager to have a personal philosophy. One can always refer to their personal philosophy whenever presented with daunting challenges.

Among the four ideologies of management, I identify very much with the people, and the systematic approach to management. The other two also apply, but I have not found myself applying them. I may not be I a good position to say whether this is a weakness, but I believe so strongly that one’s management behavior is influenced much by their personal philosophy even more than the approaches and theories.

I value the systematic approach because of its nature to allow operational change. In addition, systematic approach sees the organization as a system and allows monitoring of the components of the system (Miles 2012). Through it, management can be approached through the systems theory, and focus given to the different components of the system. This leads to organizational efficiency. Through a systemic approach to management, I have been having to incorporate the different aspects of management to appear like a system, and thus manage hem effectively. For example, when I was a student leader in the university, I handled the university administration at the college level, school level and central level. In addition, I handled student leaders of junior levels, and the non–teaching staff of the university. The systematic approach worked very well for me.

I fit very well with the people management approach. In my management, I have always considered people first, because people determine everything. People determine whether I will succeed as a manager or not. They also determine whether the organization will realize the set goals. I hold the belief that, managing people, is managing the organization. People approach has been very enjoyable for me. I have learnt that by communicating to them what I want directly, creates a very good working relationship. When I am passing a message to people, I have learnt to take responsibility of what I say to them. I have avoided sarcasm, and I like discussing matters in the meeting room rather than whenever I meet the people. This relates to official matters. However, I try my best to cultivate informal talk with every person as much as I can. This is beneficial to me because it enables me build an everlasting relationship with the people I am engaged. For the realization of success, I make sure that I am accountable with my work, and show loyalty to everyone, both my juniors and seniors. In addition, I evaluate my performance regularly to make sure I have done what I promised. In management, I like acting openly and say all that needs to be done. I consider hat a hidden agenda corrupts the leadership.

I also consider myself in management. I believe that I get the energy to work for my healthy body. Therefore,

My leadership position at school influenced me so much in choosing this management philosophy. In my position, I had the responsibility of linking the students to the administration. The administration was from different fronts. There was the college principal at the college level, the vice chancellor the entire university level, and the different heads of departments. A few other student leaders were under me at the college level, and others were above me at the university level. I was supposed to balance between all these groups in the management of student resources. Student politics are very rough. Were it not for my philosophy of managing people, I would have left my call to lead in this situation. However, I managed to succeed by incorporating both the people and the systems approach. Since there were different quarters that needed my attention, I had to manage time on how to balance between my personal life and the task.

One aspect that helped me so much in implementing this was talking to people. I talked to people every time I had an opportunity, and made them express their views about the management I offered. I believe in the power of information, so I used to communicate any valuable information frequently. In this position, I won people by being candid. I made sure that I communicated the information I wanted to communicate clearly. I also communicated facts and realized that the people I led identified so much with this ideology.

At work, I also applied my people approach philosophy to manage a small company after my diploma in human source management. This was my first formal job. However, my philosophy of people approach applied very well. I like this approach because it applies everywhere. People are everywhere. I related this position with the one I had at school, and found that the technique of handling people were the same. Here I emphasized commitment to my word. People like seeing that one accomplishes what has been promised. In business, timely and effective decision-making is very important. In this position, I made sure I involved people in making decisions. This identified with my people approach philosophy. My belief identifies with theory Y. I believe that people enjoy working, and thus my job was facilitating the conditions of work. In the management of people, I also believe that people are different and I respect their diversity. Thus, the system of division of labor and specialization helps me a lot in management.

My management philosophy is very much in line with the scientific management theory developed by Fayol. Most of the Fayol’s principles of management relate to people, and how to manage people to produce results. If I applied Fayol’s principles of management with my personal philosophy, I would achieve positive results. An example is in the division of labor and specialization. In my personal philosophy, I recognize the talents every person. I believe one should be allowed to work where they can reduce he best results. On the other and, the behavioral approach identifies so much with my personal management philosophy. The behavioral approach advocates for employee motivation through workgroups and behavior. I have applied the principles of this theory by influencing the behavior of my employees, especially when I was a manager in the company. In systemic approach, technology and people are integrated. The theory recognizes the interaction between people ad technology (Miles 2012). However, the manager cannot just manage machines. In essence, management is about people. a focused leadership that identifies that some preparations should be done to prevent a crisis. Therefore, I advocate for proactive rather than reactive leadership.

out my duties with success. Since people are very different, this system has also enabled me to lead different types of people, and interact with all of them at a level of a productive relationship. This leadership style has also influenced the strategies I adopt in leadership. I am adopting strategies that are people-friendly, and that identifies with people’s belief. Where it is not very easy, I reviewed the people’s belief and expectations, and aligned them with the organizational goals. This enables me to realize the organizational goals.

for people who re disobedience, and those who jeopardize the life of the organization for no good intentions. The manager should be quick to identify such people and deal with them accordingly. This will lead to a smooth flow of work in the organization.

REFERENCE

Miles, A. J. 2012. Management and organization theory: A Jossey-Bass reader. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

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