foundations/theory of managment

Question 1

what are the two types of managers

Answer 1

line manager and staff manager

Question 2

explain line manager with and example

Answer 2

their work directly contributes to the production of a good/service

eg. supervisors, CEO, plant/factory manager

Question 3

Explain staff manager with an example

Answer 3

work in specialize support areas such as marketing, accounting, HR and the legal department

eg. Vice president of marketing, president of accounting

Question 4

Explain managers versus administrators with examples

Answer 4

Managers work for profit organization eg. mcdonald’s, old navy

Administrators, work for a nonprofit organization eg. SickKids

Question 5

Explain functional versus general with examples

Answer 5

Functional: is responsible for a single areas, such as accounting, engineering, marketing, HR

General is responsible for complex areas eg. department store manager

Question 6

What are the three managerial skills?

Answer 6

Technical, human, conceptual

Question 7

Explain technical

Answer 7

Specialized skills such as accounting or engineering, marketing, or IT most important in lower management

Question 8

Explain human

Answer 8

Inability to interact with people, important at all levels of management

Question 9

Explain conceptual

Answer 9

Ability to think critically and analytically, solve problems, most important and upper management

Question 10

What are the three managerial roles?

Answer 10

interpersonal, informational, decisional

Question 11

Explain interpersonal

Answer 11

interacting with other people eg: figurehead, leader, liaison

Question 12

Explain informational

Answer 12

exchanging and processing data eg. monitor, spokesperson

Question 13

Explain decisional

Answer 13

using information to make decisions eg. Entrepreneur, disturbance handler, negotiator.