[1] Why do we need to know the difference between professional and technical positions and management leadership positions
For technical personnel, whether they have been engaged in technology or changing from a technical post to a management leadership post, they all need to understand the difference between professional technical posts and management leadership posts. The reasons are as follows
(1) Adhere to technology:
In today's social life, it is impossible to achieve a big goal by relying on individual technical ability alone. Therefore, technical personnel need to cooperate with other technical personnel in the same industry, cooperate with management personnel, and cooperate with the outside world; understand management, understand technology and people. Differences help technicians establish good interpersonal relationships, help technical cooperation, and help project cooperation. Avoid the embarrassing situation where everyone is right but the result is wrong.
After understanding the difference between the two, understanding the differences in the objects, positions, and ways of thinking they face, technical personnel will understand the behavior of management leaders, and will not blindly judge the various aspects of management leaders from their own standpoint. , To reduce unnecessary conflicts caused by misunderstandings on both sides.
(2) Technology transformation:
Management and technology are two completely different thinking. One is objective and rational thinking; the other is subjective and perceptual thinking. If you use technical methods to manage and lead, it will lead to an embarrassing situation of doing too many mistakes. Difficult dilemma of transformation.
[2] The main difference between professional and technical positions and management leadership positions
1. Different objects
The object of professional and technical personnel is mainly "things and things", and the role is to let the machine do things;
The main objects faced by management leaders are "people and things", and their role is to let others do things.
The difference in the object is the foundation and foundation that causes the subsequent differences in other methods. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the respective characteristics of the two objects, the machine and the human.
(1) Machine
A machine is a complex composed of software and hardware. The hardware is the foundation and the software determines the behavior of the machine.
- The functional requirements of the software: the goal that the customer expects the machine to accomplish. The machine's requirements are clear, not arbitrarily changed, and not unclear.
- Software design: the strategy adopted by the software
- Software architecture design: the architecture between the software's internal functional modules
- The function of the software is realized, that is, the code is designed according to the software's scheme and architecture to realize the customer's needs.
- Software testing: through testing, verify that the behavior of the software is consistent with the customer's needs.
In short, the behavior of the machine is known, determined, and pre-designed. Behaviors that are uncertain or inconsistent with expectations are bugs and must be corrected.
If different machines use the same software, their behavior must be consistent. This is the more real underlying logic for technicians.
(2 people
Human is a complex composed of physiology and psychology. Physiology is "hardware" and psychology is "software". Human psychology is composed of 4 parts, each with its own characteristics.
- Knowing: Cognition and thinking styles. Although different people have a unified school education, due to factors such as different levels of education and different family growth experiences, in fact, different people's cognition and thinking styles are very different. What some people take for granted will be completely different in others. This means that at the cognitive level, in most cases, people's cognitions cannot be completely consistent.
- Emotions: emotions, emotions, people are perceptual. In many cases, they think that consensus can be reached at the cognitive level and understand the truth. However, if you do not consider the current emotions and emotions of the other party, it will also lead to failure.
- Consciousness: Will, intention, motivation, ideals, etc., different people are different, there is no uniform standard, and there is no standard for right or wrong.
- Behavior: The last is the external behavior. Knowledge, affection, and intention jointly determine a person's behavior. It is precisely because the "knowledge, affection, and intention" are all different, so the same behavior and the external, its internal "knowledge, "Love and meaning" are different.
In short, human behavior is unknown, uncertain, and changeable. Flexibility, power, and influence are the skills of managers.
Different people, even if they receive the same education and are bound by the same rules, their behaviors are inconsistent, and they are affected by personal "knowledge, affection, and will". This is the underlying logic that managers are more flexible.
2. Different methodology
Professional and technical personnel: The foothold of doing things is based on the "truth, science, science and technology, and methodology". Therefore, professional and technical personnel are true. If they are not true, the designed product will be inconsistent with the expected. This is a bug.
Management and leadership talents: The basis for doing things is based on the "gray view, artistic view, human skills, and human nature theory". Therefore, management leaders must be flexible and have appropriate flexibility in handling people's issues, that is, they must pay attention to different people Different feelings and different motivations.
3. Different ability requirements
Professional technical personnel: technical professional ability is the first, interpersonal ability is second.
Management and leadership talents: Interpersonal skills are the first, professional and technical skills are the second.
4. The source of achievement
Professional and technical personnel: through their work product to get a sense of accomplishment and reward, called: "Engineers are the most eager to build a monument to himself"; technicians establish credibility through technology, through technical art products and the impact of social and others.
Manage leadership talents: Get a sense of accomplishment and rewards through the team you work for , bring a sense of accomplishment to subordinates, respect them, recognize them, appreciate them, make them feel that they are capable, and influence society and others through the team and products .
5. Emotional resilience
Professional and technical talents are "skinned",
Management talents must be "thick-skinned", able to withstand praise, criticism, and even grievances and frustrations.
6. Interpersonal attitude
Professional and technical personnel need foreign and domestic parties. Pay attention not only to the result, but also to the process, because the result of product quality largely depends on the development process, including software design, with little flexibility.
Management and leadership talents need outside circle and inside circle. The meaning of the outer circle and the inner square is that the principle remains the same, the result remains the same , and the methods and processes used are flexible, not limited to details.