The Changing roles of Today s Managers
The Changing roles of Today’s Managers
In the past, managers were responsible for giving orders, making sure orders were followed, and hold people accountable if they didn’t comply. Nowadays, this has all changed and the job of the manager is no longer that of a watchdog, rather the new job of a manager is to shape a more supportive work environment and find ways to help each employee be more productive. With changes in demographics in today’s work force due to changes such as non-traditional families with single parents, and younger employees, employees ask management to be more considerate of their needs. In a new study that had been conducted called National Study of the Changing Workforce, results stated by those who were surveyed were that the most important considerations in deciding to take their current jobs were that the management provided their employees the ability for open communication, effect on personal/family life, and the nature of the work. These change expect managers to provide employees with a more caring supportive management style, and the willingness to forego other aspects of a job – including salary considerations – to get it. Employees that ask for open communication want management to make them more aware and knowledgeable about changes in the company such as information about company finances, new products, competitive practices and pending changes in policies. In addition, the role of management is also expected to have an effect on personal/family life by finding new ways that allow flexibility and autonomy in individual jobs. For example employees may say that why are employees asked to come to work at 8:30 am sharp and work a prescribed number of hours, shouldn’t it be more important for employees to be at 100% when they attend work? People believe that a bit of flexibility in hours can go a long way by assuring some piece of mind and better focus while at work. Furthermore, employees also ask managers to have a nature of
In the past, managers were responsible for giving orders, making sure orders were followed, and hold people accountable if they didn’t comply. Nowadays, this has all changed and the job of the manager is no longer that of a watchdog, rather the new job of a manager is to shape a more supportive work environment and find ways to help each employee be more productive. With changes in demographics in today’s work force due to changes such as non-traditional families with single parents, and younger employees, employees ask management to be more considerate of their needs. In a new study that had been conducted called National Study of the Changing Workforce, results stated by those who were surveyed were that the most important considerations in deciding to take their current jobs were that the management provided their employees the ability for open communication, effect on personal/family life, and the nature of the work. These change expect managers to provide employees with a more caring supportive management style, and the willingness to forego other aspects of a job – including salary considerations – to get it. Employees that ask for open communication want management to make them more aware and knowledgeable about changes in the company such as information about company finances, new products, competitive practices and pending changes in policies. In addition, the role of management is also expected to have an effect on personal/family life by finding new ways that allow flexibility and autonomy in individual jobs. For example employees may say that why are employees asked to come to work at 8:30 am sharp and work a prescribed number of hours, shouldn’t it be more important for employees to be at 100% when they attend work? People believe that a bit of flexibility in hours can go a long way by assuring some piece of mind and better focus while at work. Furthermore, employees also ask managers to have a nature of