Management Attributes Required In The MBA Executives
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Management Attributes required in the MBA Executives

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A qualitative research was conducted on 90 Human Resource managers, who belong to senior supervisory level, from industrial large scale organizations, software industries, and small scale units in Andhra Pradesh state. This study is conducted mainly for the students of MBA graduates, the outcome of the research will help the MBA students to prepare themselves to face interview boards with better self-confidence so that their placement in big brand organization can be ensured.

Various questions were asked in the study. The outcome is as follows:

  • Physical qualities required for the MBA Executives – Qualities like ability to work long hours, less absent from regular work, agile and enthusiastic, extra physical fitness, energetic, able to manage physical stress, better personal hygiene and to be able to practice relaxation techniques to be physically alert in their personal life.
  • Emotional attributes required for the MBA Executives – Executives should have confidence, equanimity, emotional maturity, patience, optimistic, calm and composed, emotional control, empathetic, good listener, accept mistakes, unbiased, understanding ability, courageous, flexible and persistent to be stable in their personal and professional life. Maintain equidistance to both rational and emotional thoughts. Conscious use of professional self to be used for effective decision-making and control.
  • Intellectual and analytical attributes required for the MBA Executives – Executives should be in tune with latest business changes, rationale in decision making, quick decision-making, making team spirit, constant learner, having technical competency and logical reasoning, better human relation, be creative, be innovative and communicative, knowledge based, and having better concentration power for initiation, innovation, risk taking and proactive in effective problem solving process.
  • Spiritual and moral attributes required for the MBA Executives – Executives should have strong ethical base, trust, morally upright, sincere and frank, spiritual inclination, open/ transparent, belief in social responsibilities, get away from malpractices, keep commitments, be responsible, no false commitments, fair business practices, belief in oneself and control over mind. The strong ethical attributes on executives help the organisation to communicate quality of the product ethically convincing and help in better customer relationship. Strong ethical work force is an asset to any organisation.
  • Interpersonal and customer relation attributes required to MBA Executives – Executives should have better listening, better communication ability, high value orientation, diplomatic, ability to control emotions, competent to handle redresses, human relation, need orientation, networking, healthy negotiation, faithful, pleasing character, better understanding skill, empathetic and acceptance of each other for better interaction and inter relationship with customers. A better market orientation requires individuals having better inter personal skills and goal orientation. These qualities enable the executives to develop strong relation with the customers by understanding their needs and expectations.
  • Managing time and stress attributes required for the MBA Executives – Looking for executives who practices relaxation techniques, are conscious of time management, do prioritization of activities, planning meticulously, delegation of authority, realistic perception and control over self. Among which major one is allocation of one’s own activities to important and unimportant. A better activity prioritization enables the executives to manage their work in time with efficiency.

Management is an art of getting things done through and with people. It is talent and potential centered. In order to enrich the performance and potential of executives, more action oriented intellectual inputs and transformational activity-centered are inevitable. A competent, mentally alert, emotionally stable, intellectually talented executive are required to manage the business with fidelity and accuracy. The findings of this qualitative research help the new generation executive students to discover the undiscovered self and prepare towards better personal and professional career.

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