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    1. The document discusses the roles and functions of managers at different levels of management. It explains that managers perform planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and other roles. 2. Managers assume multiple roles including interpersonal roles like leader and liaison, informational roles like monitor and disseminator, and decisional roles like disturbance handler and negotiator. 3. There are three levels of management - top level that sets goals and policies, middle level that implements plans, and lower level that oversees production and workers. Each level has specific functions in managing an organization.

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    1. The document discusses the roles and functions of managers at different levels of management. It explains that managers perform planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and other roles. 2. Managers assume multiple roles including interpersonal roles like leader and liaison, informational roles like monitor and disseminator, and decisional roles like disturbance handler and negotiator. 3. There are three levels of management - top level that sets goals and policies, middle level that implements plans, and lower level that oversees production and workers. Each level has specific functions in managing an organization.

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    1. The document discusses the roles and functions of managers at different levels of management. It explains that managers perform planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and other roles. 2. Managers assume multiple roles including interpersonal roles like leader and liaison, informational roles like monitor and disseminator, and decisional roles like disturbance handler and negotiator. 3. There are three levels of management - top level that sets goals and policies, middle level that implements plans, and lower level that oversees production and workers. Each level has specific functions in managing an organization.

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    Role and Functions of Manager

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    1. The document discusses the roles and functions of managers at different levels of management. It explains that managers perform planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling and other roles. 2. Managers assume multiple roles including interpersonal roles like leader and liaison, informational roles like monitor and disseminator, and decisional roles like disturbance handler and negotiator. 3. There are three levels of management - top level that sets goals and policies, middle level that implements plans, and lower level that oversees production and workers. Each level has specific functions in managing an organization.

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    ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF MANAGER:

    Management performs the Functions of WHO IS


    planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling for
    the accomplishment Of organizational goals.
    MANAGER?
    Any persons who performs these functions
    is a manager
    A manager is a professional who takes a leadership role in an
    organisation and manages a team of employees
    Every manager is concerned with ideas, things and people
    To meet the many demands of performing their functions manager assume multiple roles
    A role is an organized set of behavior's

    Henry mintzberg has identified ten rules common to the work of all manager
    The ten roles are divided into three groups

    The performance of managerial roles and the requirements of these roles can be played at
    different times by the Same manager. and to different degrees depending on the level and
    functions of management. The ten roles are described individually, but they form integrated
    as whole
    Inter-personal Role
    Figurehead:
    Performance certain ceremonial duties

    Leader:
    Works to improve employees' performances and
    reduce conflict
    Provides feedback Encourages individual growth

    Liaison:
    Interacts with others
    Builds contacts
    INFORMATIONAL ROLES

    INFORMATIONAL MONITOR:
    ROLES
    The manager receives and collects
    information about the operation of an
    enterprise
    Disseminator
    Disseminator:
    The manager passes some of his privileged information's
    Monitor
    Spokesperson directly to his subordinates who Would otherwise have
    no access to it
    Spokesperson :
    A manager is a spokesman for his unit. He represents his department and
    provides information to other departments and outsiders This may be in the form
    of making speeches, conducting discussions giving opinions and suggestions.
    DECISIONAL ROLE
    The role makes significant use of the information in decision
    making aspect.
    Managers have to take decisions considering the
    changes in the environment and business requirements. These
    decisions should help to solve the problems of the organisation.
    In this respect. managers play four important roles.
    *DISTURBANCE HANDLER

    *ENTREPRENEUR

    *RESOURCES ALLOCATOR

    *NEGOTIATOR

    DISTURBANCE HANDLER:
    The manager responsible for corrective action when organizations face Sudden and
    significant disturbance
    ENTREPRENEUR:
    The manager initiates change, new product identify new ideas, etc…
    As entrepreneurs, managers focus on satisfying existing and emerging
    needs of customers. They continuously think of new product ideas and improving their
    existing products. They encourage research and development and arrange resources for
    introduction of new products

    RESOURCES ALLOCATOR:
    The manager decides who gets resources: schedule, budget
    set priorities and choose where the organization will apply its efforts.

    NEGOTIATOR:
    Managers negotiate deals and agreements on behalf of their department
    or their organisation. They negotiate costs with suppliers, prices with customers and
    wage agreements with trade unions.

    All the above roles are important in a manager's job. These roles are interrelated and the level of importance
    of each role depends on the manager's position.
    For example, HR managers may give more importance to the negotiator role while the production manager
    may give more importance to decisional role.
    CONTROL PLANNING ORGANIZING

    MOTIVATION STAFFING
    FUNCTIONS OF
    MANAGER

    COMMUNICATING
    COORDINATING

    DECISION DIRECTING
    MAKING
    PLANNING ORGANIZING

    *After planning, the next function of


    “Think before you Act“ or "Look the manager is organizing. It involves
    before you leap” determining activities to be done in
    order to achieve the goals of the
    * Thinking & deciding in advance company.
    *planning is a primary function * Assigning work to employees
    *Inclusive of all W. H? (when,
    who, how etc…)
    STAFFING:
    Ex: Preparing for exam * Selecting the right person at the right job. at
    Arrangement for Programme. the right time.
    * Recruitment & Selection.
    DIRECTING:
    CO-ORDINATION:
    Denote motivating, leading guiding
    and.Communicating with subordinates to It involves proper integration of
    achieve goal. the efforts of individuals and
    departments. Due to its
    DECISION MAKING: importance, co-ordination is
    Decision making is the process of making considered to be the essence of
    choices by recognizing the problem, management. Proper co-
    gathering information about feasible
    solutions, and finalizing the best ordination promote co-operation
    alternative. and avoids wastage of efforts and
    Managers are basically decision makers as resources. It helps to avoid
    most of their time is spent on decision making. conflicts and develops better
    The success of organizations depend on the team spirit.
    quality and timeliness of decisions.
    MOTIVATION: CONTROL:

    It involves encouraging The controlling function consists of


    employees to improve their activities that are undertaken to
    performance and attain desired ensure that performance is
    goals.Each employee has different according to plans. It is the process
    needs. Therefore the motivation of assuring that planned
    tools and techniques adopted performance is actually achieved. It
    should be based on individual involves setting standards,
    needs. It is through motivation, measuring actual performance,
    ordinary employees are comparison of performance with
    encouraged to become extra- standards, identifying deviations
    ordinary performers. and taking corrective action.
    LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT

    Levels of management refer to the hierarchy of job positions of organizations representing


    authority,  responsibility and for maintaining relationships.
    Generally, there are three levels of management which are:
    TOP LEVEL MANAGEMENT

    This level of management consists of the senior most


    executive level of an organisation.
    Their chief task is to lay down overall goals, policies,
    and strategies for the organisation and to communicate with the middle level of
    management.
    Following are the main designations assigned to
    individuals working at this level:
    •Managing Director
    •Board of Directors
    •Chairperson
    •Chief executive Officers
    •Chief product Officers
    •Chief technology Officers
    Functions performed at top level of management are :
    •Making strategies and goals for the organisation.
    •Taking decisions regarding activities to be performed.
    •Framing policies for the organisation.
    •Responsible for welfare and survival of the organisation.

    MIDDLE LEVEL MANAGEMENT


      This level of management consists of executives working
    between top-level and supervisory level.
    They interpret and implement the policies, coordinate all activities, ensure availability
    of resources and execute the policies framed by top-level management.

    They consist of:


    •Divisional heads and sub-divisional heads.
    •Departmental heads like purchase manager, sales manager, finance manager,
    personnel manager etc.
    •Plant superintendent.
    Functions performed at the middle level of management are :
    1.To explain the policies framed by the top level management to the lower
    level management
    2.Implementing policies framed by the top management.
    3. Giving instructions to subordinates and controlling their performance.
    4. Organising and coordinating the activities of the department.
    5. Arranging and allocating resources.
    6. Recruiting suitable employees to fill up various positions in
    the department.
    7. To motivate subordinates to work towards the organizational
    goal
    8. To convert policies set by the top management into specific
    plans of action
    9. To issue detailed guidelines of work activities.
    LOWER LEVEL MANAGEMENT

    This level of management operates between middle-


    level management and operative workforce

    This level consists of:


    Supervisors
    Foremen
    Inspectors

    Functions performed at the lower level of management are:


    Providing on the job training to the workers
    Ensuring the good performance of the workers
    Planning day-to-day production.
    Guiding and monitoring the performance of workers.
    Helping the middle management in recruitment of employees.
    Ensuring product and service quality.
    .

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