Do Organisations need Managers?

Do Organisations Need Managers

Introduction

Managers at each level have a significant role to perform and achieve organization objectives by making use of organization resources in an effective and efficient manner. The importance of managers in any organization cannot be denied since it is considered as one of the largest occupational groups and profession in UK. It is predicted that around 800,000 job will be created in this profession between year 2010 to 2017. Chartered Management Institute is one such organization in UK that understands the importance of good management and managers. It has around 86,000 individual members and 460 corporate clients who are taking part in its programs and getting well equipped with highest level of management skills to deal with future challenges (The Times 100, 2012).

Discussion

According to Business Encyclopaedia, Managers are supposed to be involved in the process of planning, organizing, motivating and controlling the work processes and employees as superiors of the team (Cieslinska, 2007, pp.3). In contrast to this Griffin has dealt with the notion of management in more detail and starts with the basic understanding that manager are responsible for realization of management process. He must understand that the entire process is his responsibility. The process includes planning, decision making, organizing, leading and controlling by setting goals putting all the resources namely, human, finance and information technology in place and monitoring for goal attainment (Griffin, 2006, pp.8). Pocztowski is of the similar view and defines manager as someone who makes full use of all the resources. Administrator in a sense that he has the required knowledge and skills to lead employees and specialist because he must be able to take risks and resolve problems making use of organization's resources (Cieslinska, 2007, pp.4).

As mentioned in case of Visit to McDonalds where the entire restaurant was manager and controlled by a single manager. Every employee knew his tasks but the presence of manager is important to monitor and control the tasks at restaurant that whether the employees are following instructions and other rule of discipline important for successful execution of their duties and tasks. Keep track of the time in saving, cleanliness, maintenance and other important areas of employee duties and job.

Manager must be able to understand the purpose of his own job and designation before making other employees the purpose of their jobs and task in organization. He must understand his job description and duties in detail. According to MBA Oath “my purpose as a manager is to serve the greater good by bringing people and resources together to create value that no single individual can create alone (Macdonald, 2011).” This definition also emphasizes upon effective management of resources that will result in a synergy and unable to be achieved by individual performance of manager or employee. As mentioned in the case of value based company that keeping in close contact with each other and creating a feel of belonging to a family and team will enhance the productivity of every ...