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Quick Review. What are managers? What are the levels and types of managers?. Manager. A person who supports and is responsible for the work of others. Levels: Top, middle, project and team leader/supervisor Types: Line, staff, functional and general

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  1. Quick Review • What are managers? • What are the levels and types of managers?

  2. Manager • A person who supports and is responsible for the work of others. • Levels: Top, middle, project and team leader/supervisor • Types: Line, staff, functional and general • Functions: Planning, organizing, leading, controlling and staffing. • Role Areas: Interpersonal, Informational and Decisional

  3. How can we be sure that a Manager is doing their job well?

  4. Accountability • The requirement to show performance results to one’s immediate supervisor. High-performance outcomes Employee Quality of Work life

  5. Quality of Work Life (QWL) • The overall quality of human experiences in the workplace. • How to achieve High QWL – fair pay, safe working conditions, room to grow and progress in a career, protection of individual rights, and price in the work itself and the organization.

  6. Managers • “… organizations perform better when they treat their members better… too many organizations fail to operate in this manner and, as a consequence, suffer performance failures.” (p14-15)

  7. Changes in the Nature of Managerial Work Past - Directive Present - Supportive Workers more independent How can I help you? • Order giving • “Do this”

  8. Organization upside-down pyramid Customers and Clients Ultimate beneficiaries of the organizations efforts Serve Operating workers Do work directly affecting customer/client satisfaction Support Team leaders and managers Help the operating workers do their jobs and solve problems Support Top Managers Keep organization’s mission and strategies clear

  9. Management • The process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling to accomplish performance goals.

  10. Management Functions Apply to all levels and types of management: • Planning – Process of setting goals and determining required actions • Organizing – process of assigning tasks, allocating resources, and coordinating work activities. • Leading – Process of arousing enthusiasm and inspiring efforts to achieve goals • Controlling – process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results.

  11. Staffing • Process of hiring organizing and/or training workers for a job. • Not all managers are involved in staffing • Depends on company and how it is organized

  12. Management Roles • Why having distinct roles is important • http://www.5min.com/Video/Why-Distinct-Roles-Matter-Building-a-Business-Partnership-516929666

  13. Managerial Roles Interpersonal Roles Informational Roles Decisional Roles How a manager interacts with other people • Figurehead • Leader • Liaison How a manager exchanges and processes information • Monitor • Disseminator • Spokesperson How a manager uses information in decision making • Entrepreneur • Disturbance handler • Resource allocator • Negotiator

  14. Do you have what it takes to be a manager? “There was no break in the pace of activity during office hours. The mail… telephone calls… and meetings… accounted for almost every minute from the moment these executives entered their offices in the morning until they departed in the evenings.”

  15. Manager Characteristics • Work long hours • Work at an intense pace • Work at fragmented and varied tasks • Work with many communication media • Accomplish work largely through interpersonal relationships

  16. How do you become a manager? Class Discussion

  17. How to not burn out • A video on how to delegate tasks efficiently • http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Effectively-Delegate-Responsibility-517437475

  18. Classwork • How does accountability relate to Quality of Work Life (QWL) and management roles? • How is (QWL) achieved, and why is it important to the organization? • Referring to the nature of managerial work, what is the upside-down pyramid and how does it impact how organizations manage? How has the nature of managerial work changed? • List the managerial functions. Which function are you best/weakest at? • What are the characteristics of a manager? What are the benefits of being able to choose your own staff?

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