General Management

Col Deepak Badoni | Chief Executive Officer | Bhagalpur Electricity Distribution Company

What is General Management?

A Career in General Management is very interesting. Almost everyone seems to be talking about How to start a Career in General Management, while one should first develop an understanding of What is a Career in General Management. The internet is a great source of information on General Management, but it is second best to learning about the same from a real professional.

Chief Executive Officer Col Deepak Badoni has 2 years of professional experience in General Management. Chief Executive Officer Col Deepak Badoni describes General Management as:

Since the liberalization of the power sector we are seeing private companies enter into generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. The head of any such company is responsible to cater for increased expectations from end users. General Management is the art of making sure that the organization in totality delivers to expectations of both the end consumer and also the financial health of the company.

How Chief Executive Officer Col Deepak Badoni got into General Management?

After holding senior techno-commercial positions in various power sector companies I was appointed as the CEO for a power distribution company. In this video I share the nuances of power distribution sector.

Chief Executive Officer Col Deepak Badoni's Talk on General Management

Starts with what is:
1)	General Management

Next, it covers Education. It was a welcome change to see the Talk touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at General Management, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter General Management. It explains Education needed in General Management with these items:
2)	Operations
3)	Systems
4)	Project Management
5)	Finance
6)	HR

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in General Management depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It defines Skills in terms of following items for General Management:
7)	Leadership
8)	Public Relations Management
9)	Physical and Mental Readines
10)	Socialistic Orientation
11)	Social Psychology
12)	Forecasting
13)	Flexibility
14)	Crisis Management

General Management has an interesting list of Positives. This Talk explains these Positives of General Management:
15)	Scope of Employment
16)	Growth Potential
17)	Job Satisfaction & Recognition

Challenges are the other side of Positives and General Management is no exception:
18)	Political Interference
19)	Power Theft and Reluctance to Pay
20)	Work Life Balance
21)	Huge Responsibility / Mass Impact


22)	General Management

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(General Management, Col Deepak Badoni, Bhagalpur Electricity Distribution Company, Power Sector, Top Management, Power Distribution, Electrical Engineering, Privatization of Power, Operations )

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