The Role of a Manager within the Functional Areas of Business
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The Role of a Manager within the Functional Areas of Business
Every business develops some functional areas that cover every part in the process of their product or service. The functional areas are small departments that will work together towards specific goals prior established by the company. Depending of the nature and or size of the business their Directive should establish specific functional areas in order to achieve the goals of the company under the supervision and leadership of a Manager. It varies the name and the composition of the functional areas, some examples are: Human Resources, Marketing, Finance, and Production; among others. The role of a manager is essential within these functional areas of business because all employees should work together for the success of the company.
The Manager and his/her role
A Manager is “someone who coordinates and oversees the work of other people so that organizational goals can be accomplished” (Robbins & Coulter, 2012, p. 5). Each manager developed his own style of skill according to the different employees that he is responsible for, while follow the plan of action to complete the goals. A manager has to be constantly evaluating their skills and plan to follow in order to achieve the goals. Functional areas follow that plan that the manager presents to them, in turn, if they are unable to achieve those goals, then he/she must innovate his/her style and course plan. The importance of the managerial work in the functional areas is immeasurable, managers are dismissed if they are not achieving the goals that are expected by their company or business and/or earnings are not within the range accepted by their superiors.
Human Resources
Human Resources Manager is a position that takes a lot of knowledge, skills, abilities, organization and delegation, among others. The approach that each company wants to lead the HR...