Afterword
You’ve come to the end of our course on Becoming a Manager. The ten preceding chapters have examined many of the key challenges you will face and have offered practical solutions for overcoming them.
Mastering the material in this course will get you off to a good start on your managerial career, but there is much more to learn. Because of space constraints we have either excluded or given cursory treatment to many important topics, including: managing teams, motivating subordinates, project management, negotiating, aligning rewards with goals, budgeting, strategic planning, organizational structure, and managing cultural diversity—to name just a few. There are, in fact, enough facets to the study of management to engage an entire lifetime of learning. We recommend that you continue your management education through the many books, articles, and training course currently available. Learning—and the application of what you learn—will help you master your profession.