Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Introduction to Management and Organizations
A Manager is: Someone who works with and through other people by coordinating and integrating their work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals.
Classifying Managers by Levels
First-line Managers:
Are at the lowest level of managers and manage the work of non-managerial employees. They supervise and coordinate the activities of operating employees.
Middle Managers:
Large group of managers in organizations who are primarily responsible for implementing the policies and plans of top managers. They manage the work of first-line managers.
Top Managers:
The relatively small group of executives who are responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing plans and goals that affect the entire organization. Kinds of Managers by Area
Marketing Managers:
Work in areas related to getting consumers and clients to buy the organization’s products or services—new product development, promotion, and distribution.
Financial Managers:
Deal primarily with an organization’s financial resources—accounting, cash management, and investments.
Operations Managers:
Concerned with creating and managing the systems that create organization’s products and services—production control, inventory, quality control, plant layout, site selection.
Human Resource Managers:
Involved in human resource planning, recruiting and selecting employees, training and development, designing compensation and benefit systems, formulating performance appraisal systems, and discharging low-performing employees.
Administrative Managers:
Generalists who are familiar with all functional areas of management and who are not associated with any particular management specialty.
Other Kinds of Managers:
Organizations have developed specialized managerial positions (e.g., public relations managers) directly related to the needs of the organization.
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A Manager is: Someone who works with and through other people by coordinating and integrating their work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals.
Classifying Managers by Levels
First-line Managers:
Are at the lowest level of managers and manage the work of non-managerial employees. They supervise and coordinate the activities of operating employees.
Middle Managers:
Large group of managers in organizations who are primarily responsible for implementing the policies and plans of top managers. They manage the work of first-line managers.
Top Managers:
The relatively small group of executives who are responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing plans and goals that affect the entire organization. Kinds of Managers by Area
Marketing Managers:
Work in areas related to getting consumers and clients to buy the organization’s products or services—new product development, promotion, and distribution.
Financial Managers:
Deal primarily with an organization’s financial resources—accounting, cash management, and investments.
Operations Managers:
Concerned with creating and managing the systems that create organization’s products and services—production control, inventory, quality control, plant layout, site selection.
Human Resource Managers:
Involved in human resource planning, recruiting and selecting employees, training and development, designing compensation and benefit systems, formulating performance appraisal systems, and discharging low-performing employees.
Administrative Managers:
Generalists who are familiar with all functional areas of management and who are not associated with any particular management specialty.
Other Kinds of Managers:
Organizations have developed specialized managerial positions (e.g., public relations managers) directly related to the needs of the organization.
What is