This document discusses the functions, roles, and skills of a manager. It begins by defining a manager as someone who plans, organizes, leads, and controls people to achieve organizational goals. It then outlines the main functions of management as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. It differentiates between the three levels of management - top-level managers who make strategic decisions, middle-level managers who implement strategies, and frontline managers who oversee daily operations. Finally, it discusses important managerial skills like conceptual skills, technical skills, and human skills, as well as the ten main roles managers play as identified by Mintzberg, including figurehead, leader, liaison, monitor, disseminator, spokesperson, entrepreneur