| Manager means to manage any work or an | | | | has skill to perform a job, nothing will work. The |
| organization. To manage is not that easy. Imagine | | | | second important quality is focus. A manager |
| the size of some of the large organizations. Their | | | | should be focused to the goal of the company |
| turnover exceeds GDP of many countries. But | | | | and his/her every action should go in that |
| the companies have to be managed effectively | | | | direction. All such sub skills as Time management, |
| and efficiently and good managers are needed to | | | | Human resources management, Marketing, |
| do that. It applies to self-run businesses. If you do | | | | Production and purchases are part of the larger |
| not know how to manage your business, it will | | | | goal. Each of these has to be made more |
| suffer. How to test yourself and know if you are | | | | effective and efficient. |
| a good manager or whether you have the | | | | One important factor that at times overrides all |
| qualities to become a good manager? Let us find | | | | others is vision. What is the vision of the manager |
| out. | | | | about the organization? How does the manager |
| What are the qualities of a good manager? Let us | | | | look at the future and what is larger game plan? |
| summarize. To know the goal of the organization | | | | These are very important to formulate policies, |
| and to achieve those goals with minimum | | | | which will satisfy the goals of the organization. No |
| resources and maximum effectiveness is the first | | | | organization is static. It is a dynamic mix of many |
| goal of any manager. If the primary goal of your | | | | forces that has to be managed to move in a |
| company right now is to increase sales, | | | | single direction. The test of a manger lies in doing |
| irrespective of profits, you have to do that with | | | | this. Test yourself against all these requirements |
| given resources. If the goal is to increase profits, | | | | and find out the strengths and weaknesses. Once |
| you have to do that by cutting costs, improving | | | | you know your weaknesses, you can work upon |
| sales, raising prices, and improving employee | | | | them and improve your performance. Try some |
| effectiveness and raise profits. | | | | quizzes from the Internet on Business & Career |
| The quality that is most important for a good | | | | and try answering them. The tests will help you |
| manager is skill and knowledge. Unless a manger | | | | greatly in finding out more about yourself. |