Management Case

The six challenges facing managers in the workplace today are ethics, globalization, technology, knowledge, diversity and change. Although, all six of these challenges are essential for managers in the workplace, I believe that knowledge is the most important amongst them all simply because managers must be knowledgeable when it comes to all six of the challenges. Knowing what is right and applying what is right is very important for a manager. As said in the class book knowledge makes itself obsolete continuously. As long as we live we will always be learning. Things are constantly changing in the business world; because of this it is important to be innovative as managers. Knowledge affects the behavior of people because if someone does not know something it makes it harder for them to perform/ complete certain tasks. Even if they do complete the task, they may not be as efficient as someone who is informed.

All managers must possess technical skills human skills and conceptual skills. A technical skill refers to a manager's ability to perform specialized tasks that require knowledge/expertise to efficiently and effectively complete the task. Human skills are essential to a manager because as managers, they must know how to work well with other people and interrelate. A conceptual skill is also important to a manager, because if they do not get the concept of how a company operates then they will not be able to operate the company and when a problem arises they will not be able to fix it. Although, all managers at every level must possess this skill, the skills are utilized a little different. A top manager (CEO) usually does not deal with lower level employees directly as much as a supervisor would or a team leader, but they must have very good conceptual skills. A supervisor and a team leader must have more human skills than any of the other ones.