General Management

 MANAGEMENT UMUM (GENERAL MANAGEMENT)

     NAMA: Aliyu Yusuf

     NIM: 252141026

 

Introduction

General Management plays a crucial role in very organization, whether large or small, public or private it involves planning, organizing,leading an controlling resources to achieve organizational goals effectively and efficiently. a general manager oversees different functions, departments and organizations to ensure that the entire organization works and coordinated system.. This essay explore the concepts of genera management, its function, role, ,skills and importance as well the challenges managers face and examples from real organization.

Definition Of General Management

(1)General Management can be defined as the process of coordinating and overseeing the activities of an organization to achieve its goals. A general manager is responsible for the overall performance of an organization for a significant part of it. Unlike functional managers who focus on one specific area such as marketing or finance general managers have a broader scope, they supervise multiple departments make strategic decisions and ensure that the organization move into the right direction.

Peter Drucker a famous management thinker, once said, management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things. General management combines both aspects it ensure that activities are done efficiently and that organization is pursuing the right objectives.

 

• General Management can be define as the process of organizing coordinating and supervising all activities within an organization to achieve their goals effectively and efficientl it involves planning organizing controlling and directing in the organization.

In other words General management is the process of leading, controlling the overall services in the organization to prove all the departments working together In unity to achieve the common goals of the organization.

 

(2)Keys that Roles General Management

1.  CEO  (Chief Executive Officer)

2. Director

3. General manager

• CEO (Chief Executive Officer) : is highest ranking executive responsible for a company overall management and strategic direction making crucial decision to ensure profitability and growth.

• Director is a person who manages, leads, and oversees a specific department or project reporting to the CEO.

• General Manager is a person who have senior-level executive responsible for overseeing the operations of a company, department or division and responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company income statement, known as profit and loss responsibility.

 

(3)The Function Of General management

a. Planing

b. Leading

c. Organizing

d. Coordinating

e. Controlling

a. Planning is the foundation of management it involves setting objectives and deciding on the actions needed to achieve them for example a general manager of a retail company might plan to increase sales by 35% over the next year to achieve this they would create marketing strategies set sales targets and allocate.

b. Leading means motivating and guiding employees to work toward organizational goals it involves communication inspiration and leadership. A general manager must be able to build trust set a positive example and foster teamwork for instance a Gm might hold regular meetings to motivate employees and ensure they understand the organization mission.

c.  Organizing once plans are made , managers need to organize resources such as people finance and materials organizing involves creating a structure for the organization assigning tasks and establishing authority in a company , for example the general manager ensures that all employees should not be coming late tomorrow because there is some guests who will be coming from Nigeria to meet with the CEO.

d. Controlling is the process of monitoring performance comparing it with the set goals and taking corrective action when necessary. For example if a company planned to open three new stores but only manage to open one the general would analyze the reasons and make adjustments to get back on track.

e. Coordinating Although Fayol treated coordination as part of organizing many modern frameworks highlight it as separate function. General managers must ensure that different departments work together smoothly. For example the marketing department

campaigns should align with the production department capacity to avoid delays or overproduction.

(4) Futures of General management

The future of general management it involving due to several trends

a.Digital transformation managers: managers will increasingly rely On data analytics artificial intelligence and the automation.

b. Remote work: Leading vitual teams will require New communications and the coordination method

c.Sustainability Managers will need to focus on environmental on the social goals not just financial ones

d.Aligity and innovation: rapid change will demand flexible structure and continuous inhibitions.

 

(5) Skills required for CEO

A qualified CEO needs a diverse set of many skills to lead and control the organization effectively and professionally. Leadership is the most essential skills enabling the CEO to inspire motivated and guided employees to succeed achieving the company goals strategics Thinking also vital as helps in setting long term visions and then making informed decision that drive growth strong communication skills allow the CEO clearly express ideas relationship and they represent the  public financial literacy is important for the budget investment pprofitability problem solving and making abilities help in addressing challenges patiently additionally emotional intelligence enables  CEO to control people within the company and the build a positive workplace culture adaptability and innovation are also must key their health motivations navigate changing markets thetechnologies overall a CEO must combine visions strategy and the interpersonal skills to ensure the success on the sustainability of the organization.

(6) Skills required for director A director needs combination of leadership management and the communication skills to ensure smoothly operations within the organizati leadership is essential setting priorities and And ensuring that company objectives met effectively strategic planning skills helping directors align departmental goals with the organizations oberon vision. Strong communication interpersonal skills effective collaboration with employees executive stakeholders decision making and the problem solving abilities are also important for addressing challenges and making sounds judgments on that ratio financial and analytical skills help directors to manage budget evaluate performance, and the  efficient use resource time management and the organizational skills  needed to handle multiple responsibilities and the deadlines additionally adaptability and ethical judgment crucial poor maintaining integrity and and responding to Change in the environment over all a successful director most to combine leadership strategy and the accountability to achieve organizations success.

 

(7) Skills required for general manager

Successful and good General Manager requires a variety of skills Robert Katz indicates ttree essential management skills.

a.Technical Skills These involve education and expertise in specific activities such as understand production processes accounting systems or marketing tools while general managers may not be expert in very field they should understand the basics of each department they oversee.

b. Human Interpersonal skills these are the abilities to work well with people. General Manager must be good communicators those that listerners and those that have motivation they should be able to resolve conflicts build teams and inspire employees of a company.

c. .Conceptual skills these refers to the ability to see the organization as whole understand how different parts are interconnected and make strategic decisions General manager ls use conceptual skills to analyze complex situations and design solutions that effect the entire organization.

(8) Importance of General management

a. Leadership

b. Motivation

c. Direction and vision

d. Effective resource utilization

e. Adaptation to change

f. Coordination of activities

 

a.Leadership is the process of directing and influence the behavior of others so they willingly and efficiency contribute to achieving organizational objectives.

b. To encourage the employees with some activities that they can participate with the organization to be able to help organizations

c. General managers provide strategic guidance to the organization they set goals define priorities and ensures that all divisions work together to achieve a common objectives.

d. Effective resource utilization

General managers allocate human financial and physical resources efficiently to avoid wasting and improve productivity and efficiency.

e. Adaptation to change the environment is dynamic general managers playing a key role in help organization adapt to technological, economics, and social change in the environment.

f. Coordination activities Organizations consist of various divisions that must function in harmony the general ensures coordination prevents conflicts or gap in operations.

 

Conclusion

 General management  is the central componen of the organization   success by planning organizing leading and the controlling general managers guide their organizations to   toward achieving strategies objectives perform multiple roles requir a broad  Set up skills in the  face complex challenges  from the global CEOs  to local business leaders general managers shape the vision, culture, in the performance of  the organization  in a world  of    wrap it technological change   and globalization the role of general management Is more critical than ever.