What Managers Do
The process used to accomplish organizational goals
Management
An outline of the fundamental purposes of an organization
Mission statement
What does SWOT stand for?
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats
Highest level, consisting of the president and other key company executives who develop strategic plans.
Top management
Communication and motivation; they enable managers to work through and with people.
Human relations skills
Setting organizational goals.
Planning
More than a goal; an encompassing explanation of why the organization exists and where it’s trying to go.
Vision
Determining the major goals of the organization and the policies and strategies for obtaining and using resources to achieve those goals.
Strategic planning
Includes general managers, division managers, and branch and plant managers who are responsible for tactical planning and controlling.
Middle management
Hiring, motivating, and retaining the best people available to accomplish the company’s objectives.
Staffing
Allocating resources, assigning tasks, and establishing procedures for accomplishing goals.
Organizing
The broad, long-term accomplishments an organization wishes to attain.
Goals
Developing detailed, short-term statements about what is to be done, who is to do it, and how it is to be done.
Tactical planning
Those directly responsible for supervising workers and evaluating their daily performance.
Supervisory management
Make managerial decisions without consulting others
Autocratic
Guiding and motivating employees to work effectively to accomplish organizational goals and objectives.
Leading
Specific, short-term statements detailing how to achieve the organization’s goals.
Objectives
Setting work standards and schedules necessary to implement the company’s tactical objectives.
Operational planning
An example of top management is
President
Vice President
Managers and employees work together to make decisions.
Participative or democratic
Measuring results against corporate objectives.
Controlling
A planning tool used to analyze an organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
SWOT analysis
Preparing alternative courses of action that may be used if the primary plans don’t achieve the organization’s objectives.
Contingency planning
An example of Nonsupervisory is
Employees
Managers set objectives and employees are relatively free to do whatever it takes to accomplish those objectives.
Free-rein