TheLev

elsofManagement
1.TopLev
elManagement
Top-LevelManagement  
isalsor efer
redtoast headmi ni
str
ativel
evel
.
Theycoordinateservi
cesandar ekeenonpl anning.Thetop-l
evel
managementi smadeupoft heBoar dofDirectors,
theChiefExecuti
ve
Off
icer(CEO),theChiefFinancialOffi
cer(CFO)andt heChief
Operati
ngOf f
icer(COO)ort hePr esi
dentandt heVicePresident.

TheTop- levelmanagementcont rol

sthemanagementofgoalsand
poli
ciesandt heulti
mat esourceofauthor
it
yoftheor
ganizat
ion.They
applycont r
ol andcoordi
nationofal
ltheacti
vi
ti
esoft
hef i
rm asthey
organizethesev er
aldepartmentsoftheenter
pri
sewhichwould
i
ncludet heirbudget,
techniques,
andagendas.

Top-
level
management  
i
saccountabletotheshareholder
sforthe
per
formanceoftheor
ganizat
ion.Thereareseveralf
uncti
ons
per
formedbythetop-
levelmanagement,butthreeofthem ar
et he
mostimport
ant,
andtheyare:

 Tolaydownt hepolici
esandobj
ecti
veoft heorganizat
ion
 Str
ategizi
ngtheplansoftheent
erpr
iseandal i
gningcompetent
manager stothedepart
mentsormiddlelevelt
ocar ryt
hem out
.
 Keepingthecommuni cati
onbet
weent heenterpr
iseandthe
outsi
dewor l
d.
2.Mi
ddl
eLev
elofManagement
Middle-l
ev el
Management  i
salsorefer
redtoastheexecutor
ylevel
,
theyaresubor di
natesofthetop-l
evelmanagementandar e
responsiblefort
heor gani
zati
onanddi r
ecti
onofthelow-l
evel
management .Theyaccountforthetop-l
evel
 managementfort
he
acti
vit
ies ofthei
rdepartments.

Themi ddl
e-l
evel managersaresemi -executi
vesandar emadeupof
thedepartmentalmanagersandbr anchmanager s.Theycouldbe
divi
dedintoseniorandjuniormiddle-
level 
managementi ft
he
organi
zati
on i
sbi g.Theycoordinat
et heresponsi
bili
ti
esofthesub-uni
t
ofthefir
m andaccesst heef f
ici
encyofl ower-
lev
el managers.

3.LowerLev
elofManagement
Thelowerlev
elofManagement i
salsor
eferr
edtoasthesuperv
isoryortheoperat
ive
l
ev el
ofmanagers.Theyover
seeanddir
ecttheoper
ati
veemployees.Theyspendmost
oftheirt
imeaddressi
ngthef
uncti
onsofthefi
rm,asi
nstr
uctedbythemanager sabove
them.

The l
ower -
levelmanagers 
arethefirstl
ineofmanagersast heyfeatureatt
hebaseof
operati
ons, sotheyar
eessent i
alpersonnelt
hatcommuni catesthefundamental
problemsoft hefir
mt othehigherlevel
s.Thi
smanagementl eveli
smadeupoft he
foreman, t
hel i
neboss,t
heshi f
tboss, t
hesecti
onchief
,theheadnur se,
super
int
endent
s,
andser geants.

Theyaret heintermediary,
theysol
v eissuesamidsttheworkersand
areresponsibleforthemai nt
enanceofappr opri
aterel
ati
onshi
ps
withi
ntheor ganizati
on.Theyarealsor esponsi
blefort
rai
ning,
supervi
sing,anddi r
ectingtheoperati
veempl oy
ees.

The l
owerlev elmanagersrepresentt hemanagementt ot heoperati
ve
workersast heyensurediscipl
ineandef fi
ciencyintheorganizat
ion.
Thedutyofi nspir
ati
onandencour agementf all
stothem, asthey
st
rengthenedt heworkforce.Theyal soor ganizetheessenti
al
machines,tools,andothermat er
ialsr equir
edbyt heempl oyeestoget
t
hei
rjobdone.