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1 Manager A manager is someone who coordinates and oversees the work of other people so that organizational goals can be accomplished.
2 Management Management is defined as the pursuit of organizational goals efficiently and effectively by integrating the work of people through planning, organizing, leading and controlling the organization's resources.
3 Efficiency Efficiency is about doing things right.
4 Effectiveness Effectiveness is about doing the right things.
5 Top Level of Management These are the managers who are responsible for making long term decisions for the organization. It consists of board of directors, chief executive or managing director.
6 Middle Managers Middle managers play roles such as execute the plans of the organization in accordance with the policies and directives of the top management, make plans for the sub-units of the organization, participate in employment & training of lower level management, and interpret and explain policies from top level management to lower level.

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7 Low level or First Line Managers They are at the lowest level of management. They are often known as supervisors. Their works involve making short term decisions and supervising the daily tasks of non-managerial employees who are directly involved with production or servicing.
8 Planning Planning means defining goals for future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and sues of resources needed to attain them.
9 Organizing Organizing involves arranging and structuring work to accomplish the organization's goals.
10 Leading Leading involves working with and through people to accomplish organizational goals. Leading is the use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals.
11 Controlling Controlling means monitoring employee's activities determining whether the organization is on target toward its goals, and making corrections as necessary.
12 Management roles Management roles are specific categories of managerial behaviour. Managers roles represent activities that managers undertake to ultimately accomplish management functions
13 Figurehead In the figurehead role, the manager represents the organization in all matters of formality.

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14 Liaison In the liaison role, the manger interacts with peers and people outside the organization.
15 Monitor In the monitor role, the manager receives and collects information.
16 Disseminator In the role of disseminator, the manager transmits special information into the organization.
17 Spokesperson Spokesperson is a role of a diplomat where a manager transmits information to outsiders on organization's plans, policies, actions, results, and others.
18 Entrepreneur In the entrepreneur role, the manager initiates change. An entrepreneur searches the organization and its environment for opportunities, initiates changes for improvement and encourages innovation.
19 Disturbance Handler A manager becomes a disturbance handler when he takes corrective action in unforeseen circumstances.
20 Resource allocator In the resource allocator role, the manager chooses where the organization will expand its efforts. The role of a resource allocator requires that a manager decides on the allocation of organizational resources

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21 Negotiator In the negotiator role, the manager negotiates on behalf of the organization. A manager may negotiate schedules with his subordinates, negotiate projects with organizational partners or even negotiate salary raises in a union contract negotiation.
22 Technical skills Technical skills are job-specific knowledge and techniques needed to proficiently perform specific tasks.
23 Human skills Human skills are the ability to work well with other people individually and in a group.
24 Conceptual skills Conceptual skills are the ability to think and to conceptualize about abstract and complex situations.