Use of managerial interpersonal skills to improve teaching performance

Abstract

The need to develop programs to help faculty members improve their skills as teachers is addressed. The author suggests that these programs in fact already exist and that the teaching profession needs to utilize them. Specifically, the types of programs available to improve teaching skills are management courses on interpersonal skills. The author suggests that, in our society, the skills required to be a successful manager are precisely the same skills required to be a successful teacher. The use in the teaching profession of the three major activities of a manager, namely planning, directing, and controlling is illustrated.<>