RSM100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fiedler Contingency Model, Computer Hardware, Facial Action Coding System
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Rsm week 8 role of managers and leaders. We usually start careers as individual contributors to the organization. We provide technical capability, effort, loyalty, etc. Once promoted to management, we have employees reporting to us. Peter principle: we will be promoted until we reach our level of incompetence. How to (how to complete, what to emphasize) Managers make decisions about appropriate types of authority (line, staff, committee) Managers make decisions about optimal structures for meeting strategic goals. The chain of command is direct and is indicated by a solid line in the organization chart. Departments linked directly to the production and sale of a product whose success is vital to the firm. The doers in a department who must make the right decisions in order to make the firm a success. Staff that advise or provide support to line managers. Do not have line authority to make decisions. Assist line managers in doing their jobs more efficiently.
