Running head: MANAGEMENT ROLES 1
Leadership in Correlation to the Management Roles within a Company
John Isaac Niles
Liberty University
February 5, 2017
Respectfully submitted to: Dr. Thomas Schaefer
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Abstract
The corporate world is filled with many differing levels of management; thus, this essay seeks to
dissect the most important positions within the business leadership team in order to expose the
impact that each have on the success of a firm. foremost, this essay will prove the fact that all
managers must obtain three pivotal skill sets which are: technical, human, and conceptual. Next,
the essay will determine the importance of operation, finance and human resource management
in correlation to the needs of a business. Finally, this essay will concentrate on the fact that the
executive manager is an individual who in a harmonious effort must become the glue that keeps
all management teams united. This essay will conclude that it requires many people with
different personalities and skills to successfully manage a company.
Keywords: managerial skills, policy, business strategy, operations manager, workplace
culture, finance manager, human resource manager, human capitol, title VII, executive
manager.
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Leadership in Correlation to the Management Roles within a Company
Introduction
There are many challenges that come into play when a company seeks to put together a
leadership team. (1 Corinthians 12:12, ESV) informs Christians that: “For just as the body is one
and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is
with Christ.” Even the Bible stresses the fact that it takes numerous individuals at different levels
of position in order to build a successful Church. At that point is the reality that managers are
important to the success of a company; therefore, it takes a team of individuals with varying
degrees of ability to reach company goals and achieve desired results.
Managerial Skills
Acquiring certain skills can oftentimes be the qualifying factors of moving within a company.
Therefore, if an individual has the passion to climb the ladder of management than they must
acquire three important skill sets and they are: technical, human, and conceptual skills. First,
Technical skills are best described as: “… job-specific knowledge and expertise required to
perform a particular role within an organization” (Satterlee, 2013, p.12). Thus, a company would
not desire to place an individual who has average mathematics skills within a finance position. If
an individual has a working knowledge of their management field, then they will be more
effective in leading those that are following them. Consequently, employees will respect a
manager who has the appropriate knowledge. Next, is the ability of a manger to work with
people which is described as having “human skills.” (Satterlee, 2013, p.12) stated that: “Human
skills are a manager’s ability to interact and work well with others.” Therefore, a finance
manager can be proficient in his or her field, yet if they do not have the appropriate “human
skills” then they will inevitably fail in the area of unifying a team of employees. Lastly, is the
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importance of conceptual skills which are identified as: “… a manager’s ability to see the big
picture and how all parts of the organization work together as a whole” (Satterlee, 2013, p.12).
Consequently, it is as equally important for a manager to understand the business as a whole.
Thus, if a quarterback on a football team were to only focus on the offense verses dissecting the
opponent’s defense, then the ending result will be him failing his team. A manager is very much
like a quarterback, where he or she must be able to see the “big picture.” Therefore, looking into
the future will enable them to lead their company to success. The question persists as to what are
the most significant positions of leadership are?
Operations Manager
There is truth in the fact that knowledge is power and if used properly can assist managers in
leading their employees to a successful result. The foremost member of a leadership team is an
