NIM enlightens stakeholders on importance of management profession

The Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) on Monday enlightened the stakeholders in various professions on the importance of management in the promotion of economic growth and the well-being of man.

Dr Dawn Dekle, President, American University of Nigeria (AUN), made the remark at the 2018 lecture series organised by the NIM to mark the World Management Day in Lagos.

The theme of the lecture is: “Imagining 2019: The New World of Work and Personal Effectiveness.’’

Dekle said that teamwork was key to successful skills development for enhanced management excellence, saying that skills development was essential to boost personal effectiveness, as we move towards 2019.

She enlisted development of a positive attitude, leadership skills and communication skills, among others, as attributes of personal effectiveness.

According to her, there is need for establishment of good relationships and understanding between the bosses and their subordinates to achieve management excellence in any organisation.

She added that reliable relationships could be created through e-mails, phones and person-to-person communication.

“We are hired for our hard skills, but then fired for lack of our soft skills. It, therefore, behooves on all to identify and develop soft skills that would boost our personal effectiveness.

“We see ourselves based on our potential, but others see us based on our performance,’’ Dekle said.

Earlier, Prof. Olukunle Iyanda, President and Chairman, NIM, said the Management Day offers an opportunity to highlight challenges of management practice and proffer solutions, in line with international best practices, to achieve management excellence.

Iyanda said it also provides a platform to propagate the ideals of service, integrity, accountability and efficiency, as tenets of the management profession.

“It is a day to appreciate the Nigerian Managers and their contributions to the development of the profession and the nation.

“This year’s Management Day Lecture looks ahead to the future of the world of work, analysing the impacts of advanced technologies like automation, robotics and artificial intelligence on how we work, where we work and the skills we need to work.

“On our part at the Institute, we will continue to bring issues of professional management practice to the consciousness of Nigerians,’’ Iyanda said.

The NIM also conferred its Fellowship Awards on three members of the Institute at the lecture.