Text 2.The Manager’s Role Our society is made up of all
kinds of organizations, such as companies, government departments, unions,
hospitals, schools, libraries, and the like. They are essential to our
existence, helping to create our standards of living and our quality of life.
In all this organizations there are people carrying out the work of manager.
They have a responsibility to use the resources of their organization
effectively and economically to achieve its objectives. A French industrialist,
Henry Fayol, wrote in 1960 a classic definition of the manager’s role. He said
that to manage is to ‘forecast and plan, to organize, to command, co coordinate
and to control’. This definition is still accepted by many people today. In
most companies the activities of manager depend on the level at which he is
working. Top manager, such as chairmen and directors, will be more involved in
long range planning, policymaking, and the relations of the company with the
outside world. Middle management is generally making the day-to-day decisions,
which help an organization to run efficiently and smoothly. They spend a great
deal of time communication, coordinating and making decisions affecting the
daily operations of their organization.