True & False | The Lower The Manager's Position In The Organization's Hierarchy, The Less Time This Manager Will Spend Leading And Controlling First-Line Managers Of The Organization.

Answer To T&F Question

This statement is “False” as the more the manager move downward in the hierarchy of Management, the more he has time to manage first-line-manager as his responsibilities to manage lower-level manager increase but the responsibilities to oversee the overall organization decrease and now becoming more specific and not general. Now, he needs to manage business operations, employee performance on daily routine basis by managing lower-level managers. He needs technical skills to look for specific tasks performed by workers and employees performed under the management of first-line managers. For example, an operational manager oversees the daily activities of first-line managers to ensure that the organizational’ s resources are utilized efficiently and effectively to achieve the desired results.

Leading And Controlling First-Line Managers

A manager, who is moving downward in his position in the organization, needs to guide the lower-level manager, so that he is motivated and gain the confidence to achieve the set goal. If lower-level manager is new one, then he requires guidance, encouragement and motivation from such manager which stimulates his performance

If something did wrong e.g., inefficient usage or wastage of physical, financial, human or intellectual resources, or set goals are not achieved i.e., lack of effectiveness, then he should evaluate the results i.e., what is right and what is wrong to identify the problems and take necessary actions to correct and prevent them.

On the other hand, if a manager moves upward in the hierarchy of management, then his responsibilities to manage organization increases as now he oversees overall the organization working under his management. Now, he needs more and better skills (such as interpersonal or human skills, conceptual skills, effective communication skills, problem-solving skills, etc.) to manage working tasks of the organization.

Responsibilities At Upper-Level Management

(i) Make Strategic Plans

He needs to make strategic plans which is to be followed and implemented at the bottom level by setting small goals and ultimately to achieve organizational goals. For example, at top-level management, there is strategic planning is that the high quality of products is produced with minimum cost. The middle-level manager informs this plan to low-level management which makes action plans together which may include hiring trained and skillful workers and employees are hired which work efficiently and effectively to improve the quality of products.

(ii) Leading, Motivation And Controlling

At top-level, the manager can guide the workforce better than at lower-level as he has more access, influence and control power to give guidance, motivation and control the activities of all the organization. He can set direction of whole organization and act as a leader to guide, influence, and encourage the organizational people to work effectively. If actual performance of the organization is not upto the set marks, he can take decisions to correct the situation by implementing the actions necessary to fix the problems. He motivates the people working in the organization to learn from their mistakes and never repeat the same mistakes again and again in order to stimulate their performance and boost their morals for upcoming challenges.