Manager is a person who manages resources of a company on different levels to achieve company’s goals.
Normally a company has 3 levels of management: lower, middle and upper (or executive). Traditional functions of a manager are: planning, organizing and controlling.
Upper managers coordinate the activity of all departments.
Middle-level managers run the departments. So, there are sales managers, production managers, development managers and so on. For example a financial manager is in charge of finance. A personnel manager recruits new workers and employees.
Lower-level managers organize the work of teams. They are team leaders. They check the working process and are responsible for its quality.
A manager’s job is very interesting but rather difficult and stressful. As a person with many responsibilities, a manager has to deal with a lot of problem solving and decision making. A manager should be able to conduct negotiations, to conclude agreements, to arrange appointments with partners. Besides, every day a manager deals with people. That’s why he must be honest, well-bread, well-educated, well-informed, communicative and tactful. A manager should be also good at economics, statistics and accounting. And, of course, a manager must have management and computer skills. In a word, a good manager must be a competent specialist.