^{_________________ using resources wisely and}

^{in a cost-effective way}

^{___________ largest group of managers in organizations who are primarily responsible for implementing the policies and plans of top managers.}

_____________ making the right decisions and

successfully implementing them

^{___________ managers who supervise and coordinate the activities of operating employees.}

Generalists who are familiar with all functional areas of management and who are not associated with any particular management specialty.

^{Involved in human resource planning, recruiting and selection, training and development, designing compensation and benefit systems, formulating performance appraisal systems.}

The set of processes used to get organizational members to work together to advance the interests of the organization.

^{Setting an organization’s goals and selecting a course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve them.}

Monitoring organizational progress towards goals.

Determining how activities and resources are grouped.

Requires technical, diagnostic, and decision-making skills and techniques to solve problems.

Requires conceptual, communication, interpersonal, and time-management skills to accomplish the tasks associated with managerial activities.

^{With the aim of achieving organizational goals}

^{in an efficient and effective}

^manner.

^{Skills necessary to accomplish or understand the specific kind of work being done in an organization.}

_{The manager’s ability to visualize the most appropriate response to a situation.}

Work in areas related to getting consumers and clients to buy the organization’s products or services.

^{The manager’s ability to recognize and define problems and opportunities correctly and then to select an appropriate course of action to solve the problems and capitalize on opportunities.}

^{Concerned with creating and managing the systems that create organization’s products and services.}

The manager’s abilities both to convey ideas and information effectively to others and to receive ideas and information effectively from others.