describe the vital role managers play in implementing strategies to achieve organizational mission or goals
1. Describe the vital role of managers in implementing strategies to achieve organizational mission
or goals
Santocildes, Ramil L. II-B
University of Southeastern Philippines
-College of Development Management
The manager is said to be the center and has the overall responsibilities in an
organization. Manager’s decision has big implications on the organizations situation.
The Role of managers
According to Management Innovations (2008) the role of managers is to guide
the organizations toward goal accomplishment. All organizations exist for certain purposes or
goals, and managers are responsible for combining and using organizational resources to
ensure that their organizations achieve their purposes. The role of the managers is to move an
organization towards its purposes or goals by assigning activities those organization members
perform. In addition to this, managers strive to encourage individual activity that will lead to
reaching organizational goals and to discourage individual activity that will hinder the
accomplishment of the organization objectives. As stated in business Matters (2013), if an
enterprise is to be managed effectively and efficiently then at least the board must know what
the business is to achieve the correct corporate vision and mission is. Otherwise if there is no
understanding of what the business is have to achieved in a specific time period the chances of
success are hugely diminished .It is easier when both are present because this can lead to
planning achievable objectives in realistic times. It’s the point at which the executive strategic
level managers the tactical to achieve long term aims.
The managers guide the organizations towards goal accomplishment .All
organizations exist for a particular purpose, and managers are responsible for combining and
using organizations organizational resources to ensure that their organizations achieve their
purposes. If an enterprise is managed effectively and efficiently then at least the employees or
the members in the organization must know what the business is going to achieve. If there is no
understanding of what the business is have to achieve in a specific time period the chances of
success are hugely diminished.
2. Manager’s role in strategy implementation
As reported by Leadership for Strategy (2008) managers are responsible for
formulating and communicating the strategy, but responsibility doesn’t stop there. They must
also manage the alignment of people for strategy implementation. They need to ensure that the
people in the organization understand the strategy, buy into it, and align their decisions and
actions accordingly. And this alignment needs to be measured and monitored. Further explained
by Root III G. N. (2016) implementing corporate strategy requires a team effort headed by the
organization's leadership team. Each person involved in change management has their
responsibilities. It is important for the entire organization to understand the role of leadership in
strategic implementation to make delegating responsibility more effective. It is also the role of
managers to create a sense of urgency by explaining to the staff why the implementation is
necessary.
The role of managers is first, to formulate a strategy and then communicate the
strategy to its employees. They need to ensure that the people in the organization understand
the strategy and align their decisions and actions accordingly. However, not only spearheaded
by the manager, it requires team effort that every person involve has their responsibilities.
Managers also create a sense of urgency by explaining to the staff why the implementation is
important or necessary.
Managers monitor and evaluate
According to Root III G.N. (2016) Strategic implementation within a company is
not an exact process. It is a dynamic procedure that needs to be monitored by management and
altered to meet implementation goals. It is the responsibility of leadership to put a monitoring
system in place, analyze the data that is being generated during the implementation and make
any necessary changes to make the implementation more efficient. The company manager
needs to be able to identify when each phase of a strategic implementation is complete and be
ready to transition the company to the next phase. In agreement with McNamara C. (N.D.)
monitoring and evaluating the planning activities and status of implementation of the plan is for
many organizations, as important as identifying strategic issues and goals. One advantage of
monitoring and evaluation is to ensure that the organization is following the direction established
during strategic planning. The strategic plan document should specify who is responsible for the
overall implementation of the plan, and also who is responsible for achieving each goal and
objective. The frequency of reviews depends on the nature of the organization and the
environment in which its operating. Organizations experiencing rapid change from inside and/or
outside the organization may want to monitor implementation of the plan at least on a monthly
basis.
3. Strategic implementation is a dynamic procedure that needs to- be monitored
by managers and altered to meet implementation goals. Managers monitors ,and analyze the
data that is being generated during the implementation and make any change to make the
implementation more efficient .the advantage of monitoring and evaluation is to ensure that the
organization is following the direction established during strategic planning. The frequency of
reviews depends on nature of the organization and the environment in which it’s operating.
Thus, the role of managers is to guide organizations toward goal
accomplishment. By guiding the o-organization they must formulate and communicate strategy
to employees to ensure understanding and aligning decisions and actions accordingly
.moreover, strategic implementation requires team effort to make hde5legating responsibility
more effective. The manager monitors and evaluate so that managers identify when each phase
of strategic implementation is complete and be ready for transition to the next phase.
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Business Matters, The role of management in business (2013)
http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/in-business/advice/the-role-of-management-in-business/
Carter McNamara, Basics of Monitoring, Evaluating and Deviating from the Strategic Plan,
(N.D.)
http://managementhelp.org/strategicplanning/implementing-plan.htm
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