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Managers
Term | Definition |
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Conceptual skills | Conceptual skills allow a manager to visualize the entire organization and work with ideas and the relationships between abstract concepts. Human skills, also called human relation skills, require communication and attention to relationships with others. |
Controlling | determine the behavior or supervise the running of. |
Directing | control the operations of; manage or govern |
Executive management | highest level of management in an organization responsible for planning, leading and controlling a business. |
Financial resources | Financial resources is a term covering all financial funds of the organization. |
First-line management | generally supervise production on line tasks in the manufacturing business, and typically consist of positions such as foreman, section head and shift boss. |
Goals | the object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result. |
Human resources | the personnel of a business or organization, especially when regarded as a significant asset. |
Information | facts provided or learned about something or someone. |
Interpersonal skills | behaviors and tactics a person uses to interact with others effectively. In the business world, the term refers to an employee's ability to work well with others. |
Management | the process of dealing with or controlling things or people. |
Management function | functions of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling, and the applications of these principles in harnessing physical, financial, human and informational resources efficiently and effectively to achieve organizational goals. |
Manager | a person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a company or similar organization. |
Material resources | specializing in co-ordination of planning, sourcing, purchasing, moving , storing and controlling materials in an optimum manner so as to provide a pre-decided service to the customer at a minimum cost. |
Mid-level management | Middle management is at the center of a hierarchical organization, subordinate to the senior management but above the lowest levels of operational staff. |
Middle management | the managers in an organization at a level just below that of senior administrators. |
Organizing | arrange into a structured whole; order. |
Planning | the process of making plans for something. |
Resources | a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively. |
Staffing | provide (an organization, business, etc.) with staff. |
Strategic planning | Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, ensure that employees and other stakeholders are working toward common goals, |
Strategies | a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim. |
Supervisory management | The action of overseeing and managing employees in the workplace. |
Tactical planning | takes a company's strategic plan and sets forth specific short-term actions and plans, usually by company department or function |
Technical skills | Technical skills are the abilities and knowledge needed to perform specific tasks. They are practical, and often relate to mechanical, information technology, mathematical, or scientific tasks. |
Top-level management | responsible for controlling and overseeing the entire organization. |