1)Managers organize and integrate people. They bring objective to the people responsible for some jobs. Managers should be able to make people to work as a team. They should organize and supervise the jobs of their subordinates as well as to work with them themselves.
2)Managers should be able to measure the quality of the performance of their team as well as estimate whether the objectives set can be achieved.
3)The last but not the least, managers should develop both themselves and the staff they are working with.
First of all it should be mentioned that management is primarily a personal skill. But on the other hand intuition would be not enough. Some basic management theoretical knowledge and skills have to be learned anyway in order to succeed.
Actually some people are naturally good at management and some can never achieve something. There are some people who are never able to put management techniques into practice. There are also some people who know all the techniques but very few really good ideas.
Top managers are usually appointed and supervised by the board of directors of the company.
As well as fulfilling the basic tasks of a manager top managers are also responsible for the future needs of the company, for the possible innovations ant techniques.
Top managers should also manage the company’s relations with suppliers, customers, distributors, investors and bankers, public authorities anв so on.
Top managers should always be aware of any possible major crises which may arise.