Introduction to Management

Introduction to Management

Introduction

A manager or supervisor of a company's main tasks, that they perform on a daily basis are to plan projects, to organize the execution of them, encourage, motivate and direct employees, assign jobs, solve problems, take control of situations and make decisions in a way that the organizational goals are met in different cultural and governmental settings.

They are the closest to the employees in the hierarchy of the organization, and are required to mould the employees working under them to adopt the processes, techniques and behaviors that are associated with a certain project or initiative that has been undertaken to affects the outcome of the projects. The most important role part of a manager's job description is solving problems and making important decisions. For some managers this is one of the most difficult and challenging task to go through with. To take the most effective decisions that will be beneficial to the company in the short and long term a manager needs to identify and define a problem. In order to take a successful decision, they need to ask themselves and others if it is required, who, what, when, where, how and why type of questions (McBride, S. 2012).

A manager needs to understand the problem and react accordingly. In some cases more important than the quickness of a decision is to understand the factors involved and solve the problem identifying a long term solution. A balance needs to be maintained.

The Organization and the Department

Our company is one of the largest international suppliers of Machinery for Textile Industries, and due to the increased global competition, our organization makes it a point to personally travel abroad to seal deals with our clients and buyers and to retain our international strategic partnerships. The world today is going through major changes in terms of globalization and the way we connect with each other. The fields of communication and the changes in transportation have made it easier for businesses to work internationally as traveling is now speedy and affordable (Ang, Van Dyne & Tan, 2011).

Our Human Resource (HR) department has a team of well trained, highly motivated and efficient managers, who combine their talent and effort to work with the employees in collaboration so they excel. Hiring and combining employees into an efficient team, training the employees, handling projects from planning to execution, solving problems and making decisions is part of what ...