I think there should be a distinction in management between "project
management" - making projects happen on time and on budget and "people
management" - working with people.

All managements positions are combinations of the two in various degrees. For
example, a volunteer manager is mainly concerned with working with people and
making sure they are getting their jobs done. There is some project management
with developing training programs but not that much.

On the flip side you have someone like an exhibit manager who is mainly
concerned with developing and maintaining museum exhibits. Here you are much
less people oriented in the way that the volunteer manager is but more
concerned with making sure the phases of the project happen when they are
supposed to.

The "style" of management you have will depend on what job you have. A
volunteer manager is going to be much more of a "supervisor" and involved with
the staff on a one-to-one basis than an exhibits manager. The exhibits manager
will work with people more as a team and take a more "hands-off" approach. Here
the function of the manager is to coordinate the tasks of many people on one
project rather than to supervise them while they are working.

Deb

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