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    A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals: Part 1 - Role and Function
    A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals: Part 1 - Role and Function
    A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals: Part 1 - Role and Function
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    A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals: Part 1 - Role and Function

    By Anthony Dance

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    Managing and leading a remote team of line managers is the most challenging aspect of the middle manager role. It is quite normal for middle managers to see line managers infrequently and when they do, middle managers very rarely see their line managers 'on the job'. On the occasions when middle managers attend a line manager's work unit, they can often be presented with a fictitious picture of how the line manager performs or behaves and how the business unit is truly performing. Not having day-to-day physical contact as a line manager would normally have with their employees, makes monitoring and managing line manager performance extremely difficult for any distance manager.

    To be effective in distance management and be able to overcome the many unique challenges distance managers experience, middle managers need to work to a clear strategy, learn and use a new set of skills and implement policies and procedures that all line managers must adhere to.

    Putting into practice the strategy outlined in this short-book will help middle managers be more effective in managing business units at a distance.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateMar 28, 2018
    ISBN9781456631451
    A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals: Part 1 - Role and Function

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      A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals - Anthony Dance

      Function

      About Middle Manager Fundamentals: Part 1: Role and Function of Middle Management

      Ambiguity

      Inexactness, open to more

      than one interpretation.

      There is certainly a great deal of ambiguity surrounding the middle manager role, with both executives and middle managers unsure of the job’s key task and expectations. This ambiguity at Executive level is resulting in unsuitable people being appointed into the role and a lack of relevant development and direction for middle managers.

      This ambiguity at middle manager level is causing many issues relating to direction, development and succession, resulting in many middle managers focusing on management tasks of the job rather than leadership tasks.

      This short-book will clearly outline expectations of the job and the essential skills, competences and personal qualities required to achieve these expectations. It will also form the basis of a Role-Profile of the middle manager and can be used to support Executives in the recruitment of middle managers.

      As well as giving middle managers a clear understanding of expectations and the required skills and competences, it will also provide a useful self-development guide for the many line managers with aspirations for middle management.

      Case Study – The Unsuccessful Middle Manager

      Peter was a top performing line manager and after years of patient waiting, was appointed into a middle manager

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