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by Eliana Mesfin 3 years ago

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What does a manager do?

Managers play a critical role in organizations, encompassing a range of functions, types, skills, roles, and levels. They organize by arranging people, tasks, and responsibilities, lead by inspiring and motivating others, control by monitoring achievements and taking corrective actions, and plan by setting goals and understanding how to achieve them.

What does a manager do?

What does a manager do?

Types of Managers

General
Responsible for complex areas that include functional areas
Functional
Responsible for single areas: marketing, engineering, etc
Staff
Work in specialized support areas: accounting, human, resources, etc
Line
Contributes to production of organization's goods/services

Managerial Functions

Controlling
Monitoring achievement and taking corrective action
Organizing
Arranging people, tasks, and resonsbilities
Planning
Setting goals and understanding what you must do to obtain them
Leading
Inspiring and motivating others to do well

Managerial Skills

Technical
Ability to accomplish mathematical, scientific or computer related duties
Human
Ability to interact with others
Conceptual
Thinks critically, analytically and can solve problems

Managerial Levels

Lower
Report to middle management and manage non managerial workers
Middle
Oversee the work of large departments/visions
Upper
Guide the performance of the organization

Managerial Roles

Decisonal
Using info to make decisions (E.g. entrepreneur, negotiator
Informational
Exchange and process data (E.g. Monitor, spokesperson)
Interpersonal
Interact with others (E.g. leader, figurehead)

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