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It is important that business is influenced not only by managers, but also by leaders. We should understand that managers and leaders are not the same.


Date: 2015-10-07; view: 430.


Above I have mentioned importance of practice, experience and theory in management, defined its components and functions. And so I find it to be appropriate time to clear out who is a manager and which characteristics he should possess.

I find that management is integral part of our life and its functions are to be essential for business and therefore I can't but mention them. They are planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling.

1. Planning is central to the process of identifying objectives and goals, establishes a course of actions for the future. Its main function is to reduce uncertainty, help deal with it.

2. Organizing means the dividing of work, jobs are established and grouped so that they complement each other in well thought-out logical structure. Its` function is to define missions and duties, help avoid the problem of “spinning wheel”-it is when employees do not know what their duties are.

3. Staffing is an activity which attempts at attracting good people to the organization and retaining them; Staffing matches people to their jobs, breathing life into organization.

4. The goal of directing is to provide motivation and leadership. Implies fair treatment of employees and making people know how they are doing and what is wanted from them. Directing should provide effective motivation, communication and learning. Employees should be given a chance to participate in decision making, which helps to find out what they want and keeps the workforce satisfied.

5. Controlling is a process, making sure the organization is achieving goals. Its` aim is to control deviation from standards and to compare standards to the results. It is based on the idea of feedback. Manager must try to decide what exactly is the course of action and find solution which will correct the problem.

All these functions are interdependent and are the vital part of management.

Manager is a person controlling or administrating a business or part of it. The profession of manager is a very demanding job. The typical day of a manager is ordered and predictable. It involves meeting a never-ending series of challenges, requires development of unique strategies to work out reasonable solutions. The world of management is not a place for those who like to observe things from distance. Frustration here is inevitable; it is the world of competition and frequent change. That's why if you want to become a manager the following skills are needed:

· you should multiply individual efforts;

· you should take care of people;

· you should be accessible;

· you should have open communication and available time for employees

· you should remember about human relation's aspect. It means that people are the primary ingredient in the working process

A good manager deals with the identification, recruitment, motivation and recognition of people. He shoul perform such functions as communication, human relations, motivation & should possess such traits as 1) desire to real power in order to lead the organization 2)capacity to empathize 3)compare their own skills with those needed in managerial world 4)ability to formulate a plan of action and a time table to reach the goal. At the same time managers need to be creative, to delegate, to be supervising in order to help the men do their job. Apart from this a manager should have the ability to separate what's important and what's not, to have the capacity to look ahead in order to plan the future. Among the significant qualities there is also a capacity to prioritize, to work quickly and to cope with pressure. It is not an easy task, therefore there is a number of improving programs, seminars, courses for managers.

They have a lot of differences. Managers of course are very important. They are interested in doing things right where as leaders are interested I doing right things. Leadership is the ability to communicate with others in the way that motivates them to accomplish an objective. Leaders must understand their followers. They should understand the situation in which they find themselves. Also a leader should be flexible enough to adopt to changes. And the best operation of the company is revealed, when a manager and a leader are the same person.


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