This document discusses why managers should understand telecommunications. It defines a manager as someone who allocates resources and directs an organization to achieve its goals. Telecommunications is communication at a distance via systems like telephony, telegraphy, and television. The document explains how telecommunications is important for managers locally to coordinate functions, regionally to establish goals and develop plans, and globally to lead and motivate employees worldwide. Overall, understanding telecommunications allows managers to effectively transfer information and link with stakeholders to achieve organizational goals.

1. Why Manager Should Understand
Telecommunication …?
By: Anthony-Claret Onwutalobi

2. Overview
1. Introduction
2. Who is manager ?
3. What is Telecommunication?
4. Important of Telecommunication to the Managers.
a. Local
b. Regionally dispersed
c. Global operations.
5. Conclusion
6. Acknowledgement / References
7. Questions

3. Introduction
• We live in an era that is often referred to as the INFORMATION AGE. With the
advent of Computer and telecommunication technology, this era has rapidly
transformed the manager into an analyzer, manipulator, gatherer, and distributor of
Information. However, this Information comes in a variety of forms, all representing
some meaningful arrangement of the human thought process.

4. Who is manager
Definition
• allocates human and material resources and directs the operations of a
department or an entire organization.
• achieve an organization’s or department’s goals for the most part by
arranging for others to do things
• involves planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the people
working in an organization to achieve the organization’s goals.
Manager Today …….
• is much better than before, in use of sophisticated telecommunication
infrastructure and services as we are step into information age.
• data transferring should be fast and efficient with the help of
telecommunication technology

5. What is Telecommunication?
• Is a communication at a distance (tele is Greek for far) via a collection of
information sharing – system like telephony, telegraphy and television etc all
tied together.
• These include the public switched telephone network(PSTN). Radio and
television networks and the worldwide computer networks.
Services provide to the manager
meeting via teleconferencing
email notice to their subordinates
communicate with customer via/fax/telephone
implement marketing strategy through Internet

6. Important of Telecommunication to the Managers.
Local
• essential for the internal functioning of the enterprise, because it integrates the
managerial functions –PLOC.
• arranging out managerial functions and activities locally.
• enhance communication of its staff (i.e. Intranet)
• For a coordination and change to be affected locally in a group activity,
Telecommunication is important.
• Locally, Telecommunication provides an important link for just-in-time
inventory systems.
• Locally, it saves time and money for the managers.

7. Important of Telecommunication to the Managers.
Local - Contd….
Manager Dept
Subordinate
Intranet
Submitting the
sales report
Delegating jobs to
them

8. Important of Telecommunication to the Managers.
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• Neccessary for managers to understand, to enable him/her to
regionally establish and disseminate the goals of an enterprise.
• To regionally develop plans for their achievement.
• To nationally organize human and other resources in the most
effective and efficient way.
• Control performance.
• It is through telecommunication that managers become more aware of
the needs of customers, the availability of suppliers and the concerns
of the community.

9. Important of Telecommunication to the Managers.
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• Internationally, managers can effectively Lead, direct,
motivate, and create a climate in which people want to
contribute.
• Managers can select, develop, and appraise members of
the organization.
• It is through telecommunication that managers globally
become more aware of the needs of customers, the
availability of suppliers and the concerns of the
community
• To internationally evaluate and control performance of the
company.
• With telecommunication infrastructure the managers can
globally interact with their stakeholders etc.

10. Conclusion
• Clearly, there is no universally applicable
Telecommunication system for the managers locally,
regionally or globally but it should be tailored to the
managers needs of an organization.
• Understanding telecommunication will enable the
managers to transfer information as well, linked together
with suppliers, customers, the community and people and
other stakeholders worldwide. All is to achieve a common
purpose.