Managing Directors and Chief Executives formulate and review policies and plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the overall activities of enterprises or organisations (except special interest organisations and government departments) with the support of other managers, usually within guidelines established by a board of directors or a governing body to whom they are answerable for the operations undertaken and results.
Planning, directing and coordinating the general functions of the enterprise or organisation;
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Reviewing the operations and results of the enterprise or organisation and reporting to the board of directors and governing bodies;
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Determining objectives, strategies, policies and programmes for the enterprise or organisation;
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Providing overall leadership and management to the enterprise or organisation;
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Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources;
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Monitoring and evaluating the performance of the organisation or enterprise against established objectives and policies;
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Consulting and reviewing recommendations and reports with senior subordinate staff;
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Representing the organisation at official occasions and board meetings, in negotiations, at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums;
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Selecting or approving the selection of senior staff;
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Ensuring the organisation complies with relevant legislation and regulations;
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Performing related tasks; and
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Managing, planning, scheduling and monitoring the tasks of other workers.
What are the skills required?
Skills, knowledege and abilities that are essential to carry out a task with determined results. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills.
Soft Skill
Leadership
Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.
Soft Skill
Planning
Planning (also called forethought) is the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal.
Soft Skill
Problem Solving
Problem solving consists of using generic or ad hoc methods, in an orderly manner, for finding solutions to problems.
Soft Skill
Decision Making
In psychology, decision-making is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several alternative possibilities.
Hard Skill
Procurement Management
Procurement management is the systematic approach used for buying all the goods and services needed for a company to stay sustainable. Manage your procurement well, and it will add value to all your business practices and save you both time and money.
Hard Skill
Farm Management
farm management is the science (and art) of optimizing the use of resources in the farm component of farm-households, i.e., in systems of Order Level 10 (see Figure 1.2), and of achieving the optimal functioning of these systems in relation to household-specified objectives;
Hard Skill
Material Flow Management
Material flow management (MFM) is a method of efficiently managing materials.
Hard Skill
Purchasing Management
Purchasing is the function of buying Goods & Services from External Source to an Organization.
Hard Skill
Disease Management
Disease management is defined as "a system of coordinated healthcare interventions and communications for populations with conditions in which patient self-care efforts are significant."
For people who can access health care practitioners or peer support it is the process whereby persons with long-term conditions (and often family/friend/carer) share knowledge, responsibility and care plans with healthcare practitioners and/or peers.
Hard Skill
Medication Management
Medication Therapy Management (MTM) is medical care provided by pharmacists whose aim is to optimize drug therapy and improve therapeutic outcomes for patients.
Field of Study Required
Field of study consists of a broad area of academic and skills qualifications that come under a similar branch of subject knowledge. In addition, courses offered under each field of study require similar academic entry requirements.