Each organization has management personnel. They include three categories of people: performers, specialists, and managers. The latter, in turn, are divided into:
- Functional, which are responsible for specific units that perform certain functions in the field of management.
- Linear, based on the principle of unity of command. They are responsible for the development of the entire company, or its individual part, for example, a site, workshop, association and so on.
Definition
The line manager is the head of a separate division, business or production. With the help of the management apparatus entrusted to him, he is responsible for coordinating the work of subordinate employees, making key decisions related to the functioning of his department (bureau, workshop, company).
The head belongs to one of the main positions in the company. The larger and more complex it is, the higher requirements will be placed on the applicant for this position. A person who is endowed with certain managerial rights, duties, as well as norms of behavior always behaves individually, so it is important for everyone to be able to control subordinates, make important decisions, and delegate authority as necessary.
Main responsibilities
The managerial activity of line managers suggests that they should be responsible for the area entrusted to them. To do this, they must:
- monitor the correct and uninterrupted operation of the unit entrusted to him;
- perform production tasks;
- competently manage staff;
- improve the work of the organization, optimize it.
If the line manager takes his responsibilities responsibly, knows how to effectively manage employees, as well as the production process, then the company has every chance to gain financial well-being and success.
Tasks and Functions
The line manager performs a number of functions and tasks:
- Monitoring compliance with production processes; identification and troubleshooting.
- Tracking that workers adhered to the labor schedule and discipline, followed the rules of safety and labor protection.
- Training for employees; formation of brigades, coordination of their activities, control of their qualifications and professionalism.
- Implementation of measures for the correct use of existing tools and equipment, compliance with the requirements of industrial sanitation.
- One of the main responsibilities that the site manager performs is the acceptance of completed work.
- Setting and explaining to workers the production tasks, monitoring their implementation, summarizing the results.
- Analysis of the work of employees, their encouragement, penalties, advanced training; educational work, team building.
- Carrying out activities to increase labor productivity, reduce costs, improve the conditions of professional activity, disseminate innovative experience and so on.
Management Efficiency
The official status of the head affects his behavior and sequence of actions in matters relating to the structures of the organization and the distribution of powers. It defines the social and functional role of the manager.
Whether the site manager is effectively managing his activities can be assessed using some parameters:
- Evaluation of the end results of the functioning of the organization, as well as the costs of the management process.
- The level of organization and content of the work of the head.
- The rationality of the structure of the company, its organizational and technical potential.
- The ability to motivate subordinates, to force them to make every effort to achieve their goals.
Site Manager
The shop manager is the line mid-level manager. He must have a higher professional or secondary technical education, as well as experience of at least three to five years.
This position involves the following activities:
- workshop management;
- implementation of production tasks;
- improvement of technologies used;
- work planning and accounting;
- creating safe working conditions;
- equipment maintenance activities;
- recruitment;
- staff motivation ;
- creating a favorable atmosphere in the team.
The shop manager should be familiar with production technology, key organizational documents, methods of effective planning and stimulating workers, the basics of management and economics, and labor protection rules.
Human resources management
The priority activity of the line manager is personnel development. It is much more advisable to invest not in production capacities, but in improving personnel. To do this, it is necessary to train employees, affecting the volume of skills and knowledge; improve their skills; send people for professional reorientation.
The line manager is required to:
- support those staff members who are capable of training;
- implement best practices;
- to develop qualified personnel;
- reduce fluidity;
- to instill in other managers the importance of staff development.
Thus, managers of the linear type carry out important tasks for the rational management of companies or their separate divisions. They are obliged by all means to increase production efficiency not only through the use of innovative technologies, but also the development of personnel. A good leader knows how to achieve goals in the optimal time frame, motivate employees, plan and make adjustments, correctly evaluate the results.