People In Management

Some people think that once you enter the management world of business you've made it, that all the hard work is done and you can pretty much sit back and let your subordinates do all the work. Earning the title of manager or being placed in a management position isn't something that people should take lightly because just as easily as the position is given to an individual it can be taken away. A management position entitles you to various responsibilities and duties.

Being in a management position doesn't mean you can relax and sit in the office all day and let everyone else do their work as well as yours, it doesn't mean you can come to work when ever you feel, it doesn't mean you can take extended lunches or skip employee meetings, it doesn't mean you can talk to your subordinates anyway you feel, neither does it mean that you can do as you please when you please.

But to me management does mean you've made it to the next step in becoming someone big in a corporation, it also means that you've gained a lot of subordinates and responsibilities that if not taken seriously can cause you to have your position and title taken away. Yes you may have it just a little easier as far as some of the daily duties are concerned but it gets a lot harder because instead of you having to answer to some supervisor you have to answer to the big wigs rather it be a district manager, a president of the department you are the supervising manager for or my favorite the ceo of the corporation you are employed. It means more long sometimes boring meetings that are either in the early morning hours or at night after everyone has left.

For instance I have two friends that are managers in two totally different fields one is a manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken and the other is a manager of Academic Outreach for the company he works for, the manager of KFC has to make his employee schedules weekly, has to attend weekly, monthly, semi annually, and annual meetings, he has to order supplies rather it be condiments, cups, boxes or food, he has to try and reach a certain goal as far as net sales are concerned daily he has to hire, fire and write up employees, he has to make sure his safe is at the same cash value daily he has to make sure that x amount of product is being cooked or wasted, and he has to promote within. Now my friend the manager of Academic Outreach all he really has to do is pretty much give assignments bi weekly unless deemed necessary and go to monthly meetings so his superiors can see how his department is doing.

Like I said earlier being in a management position brings various responsibilities and duties and as you could see from what I just wrote above the various responsibilities each manager has to endure. At times I would rather my responsibilities be limited and at times I would rather my responsibilities be vast. I guess you could say I am a more as you go type of person but I like structure I like everything to be as it should be, management is about meeting deadlines, its about