managing today

Controlling

Monitoring, comparing & correcting work performance.

Leading

Working with & through people to accomplish organizational goals.

Planning

Setting goals, establishing strategies for achieving those goals & developing plans to integrate & coordinate activities.

Organizing

Arranging & structuring work to accomplish the organization’s goals.

Sustainability

Company’s ability to achieve its business goals & increase long-term shareholder value by integrating economic, environmental, and social opportunities into its business strategies.

Effectiveness

Doing the right things / doing those work activities that will result in achieving goals.

Efficiency

Doing things right / getting the most output from the least amount of inputs.

Management

Coordinating & overseeing work activities of others so their activities are completed efficiently and effectively.

Technical skills

Job-specific knowledge & techniques needed to proficiently perform work tasks.

Interpersonal skills

Manager’s ability to work with, understand, mentor & motivate others, both individually & in groups.

Conceptual skills

Ability to think & conceptualize about abstract & complex situations.

Political skills

Manager’s ability to build power base & establish the right connections.

Decisional roles

Making choices & decisions.

Informational roles

Collecting, receiving & disseminating information.

Interpersonal roles

People & other duties that are ceremonial & symbolic in nature.

Managerial roles

Specific actions / behaviors expected of & exhibited by a manager.