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Manager skills. ABSTRACT The aim of this essay is to investigate whether
the work and skills of a manager are the same regardless ...
... The manager's skills develop. ... Also, the manager often has highly developed
management skills, and concentrates on improving efficiency. ...
... organization. (Higgins, page 15) Analytical, creative and intuitive talents
make up the manager's conceptual skills. Introductory ...
... productivity. (Griffin & Ebert, 2004) Conceptual Skills To be an effective
manager, one must possess conceptual skills as well. Managers ...
... executive vice-president. For the top-level manager conceptual skills is what
is needed to be strong and effective. A conceptual skill ...
Submitted by joacc1980 on May 23, 2005
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this essay is to investigate whether the work and skills of a manager are the same regardless of the level of their position within the organization. Through research conducted into three main theorists namely Henri Fayol, Henry Mintzberg and Robert L. Katz it is concluded that the core work functions a manager does are the same irrespective of position. The work roles in which a manager occupies within the organization are dependent upon the organization and their position within the organization. The skills that are needed by managers are universal to all managers but the composition of these skills is largely dependent upon the managers¡¯ position.
¡°The work and skills of managers are the same irrespective of the level of their position within the organization¡±
Introduction
A manager¡¯s job is essential to the smooth operation and profitability of an organization. Can we say that the work and skills that managers need are the same irrespective of their level within the organization?
The short answer to the question posed above is yes and no. The long answer is that managers of all levels will perform the same basic management work functions. The role and consequently the type of work the manager does will be dictated by the level of their position within the organization and the type of organization. To accomplish these work functions the manager needs core sets of skills, however the composition of these core sets of skills is dependent upon their level within the organisation.
Work Functions of Management
Henri Fayol (1841-1925) first proposed the ideas of an ordered set of management functions (Robbins, Bergman, Stagg, Coulter 2003, p. 41). Through Fayol¡¯s involvement as managing director of a large French coal-mining firm he developed a framework of management activities (Robbins, et al., 2003, p. 41). The functions of management that Fayol...
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