Effective management of operations and processes requires integration of job, organizational, and self awareness. In order to manage complex organizations effectively depends on identifying and solving problems before they cause loss of control. Accomplishing integration of the three critical concepts is a problem. These concepts are organizational strategy, structure, and process; the nature of managerial work; and human cognition and temperament. Accomplishing this integration is the biggest problem-solving need because it highlights the importance of a manager’s level of self-awareness, job awareness, and organizational awareness. Such awareness promotes defining and understanding complex problems. This understanding is the key to developing the solutions. Awareness is the key to understanding and controlling the manager’s milieu. Management awareness will dictate skills they need for effective performance of managerial work and removing barriers to good communication. Organizational awareness supports better selection of the management team members and aligning with the overall mission. These new factors define what the bounds of achievement will be in terms of resource and time constraints. Addressing this concept of awareness will help one to manage complex organizations effectively.
There are three aspects to the manager’s awareness as indicated above. Each of those aspects help propel the manager to the forefront and enhance the skills necessary to achieve effective and efficient management of the organization. To see how the integration of self-awareness, job awareness and organizational awareness can make a manager smarter about what it takes to succeed in managing, click on the link below. Add in your personal experience and expertise to customize the awareness concepts shown in Figure-1 and the tables to suit your own situation.