MANAGEMENT LEVEL

UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT LEVEL

Management level exist in an organization to create division of labor, ensure corporate integration, grass root integration and participation, effective system and profit maximization. The management of a large organization may have about five level.

These management level include:    

1. Senior management 
2. Middle management 
3. Low-level Management  
4. Foreman   
5. Rank and File 

Senior management: These are top management. They are responsible for strategic decisions. They are executive by nature and also by training. They require an extensive knowledge of management roles and skills. They make their decisions employing analytic, directive, and conceptual and or behavioral/participatory processes. They need to have in-depth knowledge of the external environment such as markets. Their decision is generally of a long-term nature. They test every plan to verify the future benefits before committing to implement it.

Middle management: Middle management is mid-level managers which have a specialized understanding of certain managerial responsibility. They are responsible for carrying out the decisions made by senior management. Finance, marketing etc comes under middle level management.

Low-level management: These are supervisors or team-leaders. They are called lower management. This level of management ensures that the decisions and plans taken by the senior and middle management are carried out. Their decisions are generally short-term in nature.

Foreman/lead hand: They are people who have direct supervision over the working force in office factory, sales field or other work group or areas of activity.

Rank and File: The responsibilities of the persons belonging to this group are even more restricted and more specific than those of the foreman. This rank is created so that senior management can effectively disseminate information to grass root employees which in most cases are unskilled labors. 

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