Does anybody get formal management training these days?

[Steve Reeves]

Starting a small business requires the entrepreneur, who was previously a specialist, or departmental head, to transform into a business manager.

Suddenly the responsibilities explode. Simply getting the allocated tasks completed isn't enough. The new owner/manager is now responsible for strategy, planning, execution, customer satisfaction and return on investment.

How are they trained to take on this infinitely more complex set of challenges?

[Steve Reeves]

Thanks Daniel

seems that's you and everybody else :-)

I asked the same question on Linked In and got the same answer from everybody - no training, we're learning it as we're doing it.

Daniel lyddon said:

In my case it was a series of government-funded workshops which touched on most aspects of business management, but not in any great detail.

The training came with the job I suppose - the more I worked, the more management work there was to do. Nothing formal really. Looking back I probably should've done a business studies qualification at some point, but then I never thought I'd be running my own business...