com/locate/ijproman Project managers and career models: An exploratory comparative study Karin Bredin a ‚ Jonas Söderlund b‚⁎ a Department of Management and Engineering‚ Linköping University‚ Sweden b BI Norwegian Business School‚ Norway Abstract Prior research has paid little attention to the careers and career models of project managers. This is troublesome for at least two reasons. First‚ project managers are becoming an increasingly important category of managers and today they constitute
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Role of Financial Managers The financial manager plays an important role in the functional areas of finance. The assignments of finance functions to the financial manager depend upon size of the business enterprise. The larger the business enterprise- the greater degree of specialization of tasks is needed. The financial manager is the key persons in any business enterprise. The function of finance manager includes budgeting and investing funds‚ accounting‚ products pricing and forecasting. The
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UNDERSTANDING LABOR-MANAGEMENT CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION * HRM perspective- conflict is the result of poor management… between labor and management… it’s a management problem that can be dealt with by management. * most‚ maybe all conflict‚ can be resolved through the implementation of innovative‚ organizational practices (ex. Scientific Management) You can establish a Unity of Interest if you have the right organizational practices. ‘all interests would align’ * Human relations
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An operations manager typically ensures smooth operations of various processes that contribute to the production of goods and services. While other employees can specialize and focus on other operational areas‚ the operations manager tends to work under every department within the firm. Globalization has increased the roles of an operations manager‚ due to an intense increase of competition amongst organizations. The fulfillment and challenges that come with this position makes it difficult
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looking for an effective manager. He wanted to work for one. He wanted to become one. His search had taken him over many years to the far corners of the world. He had been in small towns and in the capitals of powerful nations. He had spoken with many managers: with government administrators and military officers‚ construction superintendents and corporate executives‚ university presidents and shop foremen‚ utility supervisors and foundation directors‚ with the managers of shops and stores‚ of
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is about having vision‚ empowerment and most importantly providing useful change in the organization. The main differences between leaders and managers are: the relationship between the followers and managers and leaders‚ how leaders and managers solve problems‚ and the difference in emotional intelligence between leaders and managers. Leaders and managers have a difference in emotional intelligence. A leader is an individual who strategizes a visionary and most importantly someone who inspires
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MANAGEMENT 100 Using examples‚ compare and contrast the characteristics of both managers and leaders. There is a lot of confusion‚ or at least very different views‚ about what is meant by management and what is meant by leadership‚ about whether the work of managers is fundamentally different from the work of leaders‚ and whether they are in fact different roles at all. Of course the meaning of such ambiguous words will depend on the definition people choose to give those words‚ and there are
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things. For a manager‚ they are both fundamental preconditions. Being effective means that one is able to properly analyse the evolving environment and selecting the right things as the areas of strategic focus for the enterprise. On the other hand‚ being efficient requires a carefully carved cultural and operational framework which helps the manager to achieve a particular degree of success‚ given the level of resources applied to a particular objective. In any business‚ an efficient manager is one who
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A plant manager oversees all daily operations of a plant. He often is in charge of everything from production and manufacturing to making sure policies and procedures are followed in all departments. Supervising and motivating staff members generally are major parts of the job as well. The plant’s physical operations generally are the main responsibility of the plant manager. He is required to maintain a clean plant free of safety or health concerns. The production equipment and machinery should
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Fashion brand manager • Tell me a little about yourself? • Where would you like to be in five years? Ten years? • What made you choose to apply to Fashion brand manager? • What have you learned from your past jobs? • Why did you leave your last job? • Tell me about your last position and what you did? • What do you know about the position of Fashion brand manager? • What are key tasks for Fashion brand manager? • What are top 3 knowledge/top 3 skills for Fashion brand manager? • What
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