MGT 323 Chapter 1.1: MGT 323 Chapter 1.: MGT Ch 1 Notes
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Chapter takeaways: understand what it means to be a manager, know what managers do and what skills they use, recognize timely and important career issues. Managers: people who directly supervise, support, and activate work efforts to achieve the performance goals of individuals, teams, and organizations. Hot topic: 1 person can do the work of 3 people: understand what it means to be a manager. Organizations have different types and levels of managers. Accountability is a foundation of managerial performance. Effective managers help others achieve high performance and satisfaction. Job titles and levels of management in organizations. Top managers: ceo, president, executive, report to a board of trustees. Responsible for the performance of an organization as a whole or for one of its larger parts. Best top managers are future-oriented thinkers who make good decisions in the face of uncertainty, risk and tough competition. Person in charge of relatively large departments or divisions consisting of smaller units or teams.
