Managing Effectively demonstrates how you can develop yourself through the actual experience of managing. The book shows how you can use your practical experience as a self-contained means to develop yourself without having to go on a course, how your project can develop your competence in both leadership and management and how managing external action and your thought processes can be brought together in an integrated, holistic way. This book is designed to provide the underpinning knowledge and understanding required for any competency management course. It is based upon the Management Charter Initiative's Occupational Standards for Management NVQs and SVQs at Level 5. It is particularly suitable also for managers on Diploma in Management Programmes, including those accredited by BTEC.