Challenges Faced by Managers of Today
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Main Challenges Faced by Managers of Today?
Introduction
Managing, as an art, requires the use of knowledge to solve real problems, to develop operating systems and environments in which people can perform. Yet there is the danger that management knowledge will not be used in practice to obtain desired results.
Problems faced by the modern manager
Maintaining flexibility
Effective management is flexible management. Yet the challenge of maintaining flexibility to meet change in an operating environment of nay enterprise with procedures is enormous. The manager must design methods and ways to obtain organization change in such areas as unproductive procedures and policies, though the culture dictates otherwise 'we always did it this way here'. Their task must also be able to design around inflexibilities, such as government regulations or and labour union rules, that they may be unable to modify.
Functional Authority
Many organizations fail to define the exact nature of the functional authority that a manager may have. The ideal situation does not always obtain sufficient delegated authority to enable a manager execute responsibilities fully. For example, this leads to a tendency of specialist approaching management matters in their own 'eyes'...