Examine the extent to which the career paths of two managers conform, or do not conform, to the pattern of the Managerial Escalator. Reflect on the potential implications of the Managerial Escalator model and the findings of your interviews for your own career.

For the first assignment you are asked to interview two people with supervisory or managerial responsibility and write report on: The extent to which the career paths of two managers you have interviewed conform, or do not conform, to the pattern of the managerial escalator. Summarise and comment on the relevance of the Managerial Hybrid, the Managerial Gap and the Four Remedial Strategies as defined by Rees & Porter (2015) in Skills of Management and Leadership, Macmillan. In one paragraph, reflect on the implications of the Managerial Escalator model for your own career and write one paragraph on this topic at the end of the report. In order to carry out this assignment you are asked to: Study the content of Chapter One in the book: Skills of Management and Leadership (Rees & Porter, 2015). Find two managers to interview - these could be relatives, friends, acquaintances, or managers that you come across in the course of your daily life. Work out from doing the above reading, what questions you need to ask. Devise a list of questions (interview schedule) based on your reading. When you have carried out your two interviews, write report on your findings, bearing in mind the advice given in the Lecture Week 2, and summarising Chapter One of the set text. Please remember that your report is an academic piece of work and that an academic reader will be reading it. We are interested in how well you understand the concept of the Managerial Escalator (Rees & Porter, 2015) and its relevance to the two managers you have interviewed, as well as yourself.