Career Planning DHL: The Growth Of Technology (Other (Not Listed) Sample)

DHL
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DHL
Due to the growth of technology, a large percentage of companies in the world can now manage their business globally. However, global management is one of the most arduous tasks in business administration. Managing a firm such as DHL requires excellent management skills because of its vastness and the number of difficulties the company faces. DHL has faced a variety of problems in the 21st century. However, the most recent problem that the company has faced is an inefficient transportation management. This essay discusses this obstacle, and what I have learned about global management from DHL and the lessons in this semester.
Q1.
Recently, DHL has complained that there is inefficiency in its transport management system. The DHL managers cannot have direct control on the company's transportation management system. The company's transportation management system has become weak due to factors such as natural calamities, corrupt managers, terrorist events, and lack of adequate automotive talent (ESCjobs, 2015). These problems have made the company to be late in delivering documents. However, DHL has quickly dealt with this issue by choosing routes that are less likely to be affected by natural calamities and terrorism (ESCjobs, 2015). Furthermore, the firm has introduced a program that specifically deals with training managers, skills that will enable them to know how to handle problems that arise in the transport section. These programs focus on making DHL's managers be knowledgeable in global automotive logistics.
The company’s problems reduced after the introduction of the above solutions. These problems, therefore, provided an opportunity for the company's management to display their problem-solving skills. My analysis on how the company successfully solved its problems makes me give it a rating of 7 out of 10 because the company successfully managed to solve the problem quickly. Other firms can learn from DHL on the importance of quickly reacting to problems whenever they arise because a problem becomes bigger if they take a long time to solve it, and the larger the problem grows, the more resources the company will have to invest in solving the problem.
Q2.
From analyzing DHL's global management, I have learned that for a company to be good at global management, it must heavily invest in technology because it makes it easy for global managers to control and direct their business's affairs. For example, teleconferencing and video conferencing have enabled DHL managers to be successful discuss company issues with employees all over the world. Understanding business principles alone is not enough for the global managers to be good at international managing. Global managers also need to comprehend local regulations and local customs of the specific countries because this will eliminate costly litigations that arise from breaking the policies of the country in which they operate (McCue, 2008). An efficient global manager must also be able to understand and speak in various languages because they will have to deal with employees from different ethnic groups that speak distinct languages. Besides language, the international managers must also be people who are comfortable moving from one place to another because global management necessitates extensive travel.
What I have learned about global management will enable me to be an efficient person in my career as a business administrator. For me to efficiently manage individuals, I will have to be able to understand how to handle different people from various regions. Therefore, I will have to sharpen my communication skills so that I can communicate with people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Secondly, I must have a proper understanding of the political and legal rules and regulations that govern the industry in which I operate.
Q3.
I believe I will succeed as a global manager because I am a social individual who is good at talking to various types of people. I can effectively communicate with different people without judging their language or ethnic backgrounds. Therefore, I believe that I can manage individuals who come from various ethnic backgrounds. My good communication skills also make me a good team player. I have the ability to manage and lead teams which encompass various types of people. I also believe that I am good as a global manager because I am a very flexible individual. Global management requires a person to be extremely flexible because a manager has to be able to be good with always traveling from one place to another. I am also efficient in planning my affairs and also people's issues. In my previous internship, the manager praised me for my planning abilities. I trust that global management requires efficient planning because it encompasses dealing with several issues compared to regional management. Without a good plan, it is very easy for a global manager to fail to manage his company's affairs effectively.
Despite having the required qualities of global management, I also have weaknesses that can hinder my ability to perform efficiently and effectively in global management. First and foremost, I understand that global managers must be good at working under pressure but personally, I hate working under intense pressure because it makes me ineffective. Lastly, I am not a patient individual; therefore, it will be tiresome and stressful for me to take my time to understand various policies in specific countries related to my industry.
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