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A Day in the Life of Jeremy Jackson answer

1.Identify the basic managerial functions in which Jeremy

engaged during the day that is, planning, organizing, leading,
and controlling.

Planning

 checking his daily plans in his electronic planner

 when he reviews notes from the team meeting from last week
and
 begins developing today's agenda.
 He also writes out what he remembered from the last meeting to
discuss in the meeting room.
 he outlines his schedule for the next day.

Organizing

 when he's manager is concerned about a recent contract the

company has signed, and she has some serious reservations
about the company's ability to complete the work on time.

Leading

 during meetings that discussed their team's timeline and goals

can be achieved
 he tells Greg that he trusts his knowledge of computers and
software and will postpone due to his judgement on the time for
the project
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 At lunch meeting with his manager when he quickly adapting the
concern of the partner and discussing the project

Controlling

 Jeremy was able to control his team during meetings that

discussed their team's timeline and goals can be achieved

 throughout the meeting due to the discussion of whether their

team's timeline and goals can be achieved.

2. When did Jeremy act in (a) interpersonal roles, (b)

informational roles, and (c) decisional roles?

(a) interpersonal roles (figurehead, leader, and

liaison)

 when he conducted a meeting and discussed the

problems with them
 when he gets back at the office to discover a voice-
mail message urging attendance at the manager's
meeting with one company's partner during lunch
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(b) informational roles

 when Jeremy tries to reassure his manager that they will

meet the deadlines.

(c) decisional roles

 when he decided to end the meeting to arrange another

appointment with Gerg
 when he indicates trust in Greg's knowledge of
computer and software and will defer to his judgement if
he does not think the deadline can be me.

3. Did Jeremy spend his time appropriately? If so, in what ways?

How might he have adjusted what he did to be more effective?

 In my opinion, Jeremy may have tried to manage his

time appropriately, but many events in a manager's day
tend to be unplanned and difficult to control. He spent
too much time on the phone with his manager when he
should have been finalizing the meeting agenda. He did
not manage the meeting well, wasting the members'
time with an extended argument over the project
timeline. He also spent two hours at lunch explaining
the project's merits and feasibility, which prevented him
from running the errands he had planned.