Discuss the three levels of management with their functions
Posted by Ripon Abu Hasnat on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 | 0 comments
Three levels of
management have been recognized by management experts. They are:
1. Top management
2. Middle management
3. Supervisory
management or Lower Management
1. Top management
It consists of the Board
of Directors, the Chairman, the Managing Director and so on. The functions of
the top management are as follows:
i) To lay down the basic
objectives of the business.
ii) To frame major
policies for the business
iii) To organize the
business into different departments for the efficient attainment of the
enterprise goals.
iv) To appoint
departmental heads and review their performance.
v) To represent the
business outside, particularly in discussing business problems with the
Government, trade association and so on.
2. Middle management
It consists of the Heads
of all the Departments like the Production Manager, the Finance Manager, the
Marketing Manager and so on. It also includes the deputy managers in all the
departments. The functions of middle management are as follows:
i) Formulation of
suitable policies at the departmental level.
ii) Periodical review of
performance.
iii) Interaction with
the subordinate staff.
3. Supervisory management or Lower Management
It consists of such
individuals as the foremen, office managers, supervisors, etc. The supervisory
management is concerned with the following functions:
i) To plan the
day-to-day work
ii) To assign work to
all the employees and undertake supervision
iii) To monitor the
performance of the employees.
iv) To send periodical reports
to the middle level managers.
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