Any modern enterprise that manufactures products, sells or provides services is a complex system that includes fixed assets, raw materials, materials, financial and labor resources. These components of the production system must be used with maximum efficiency. Its effective functioning is ensured by the management apparatus.
The production cycle, in which production resources are involved, is divided into functional blocks that must interact with each other, performing a common task for all. A separate structure is needed to coordinate and guide these efforts. The same structure should determine the direction of development of the enterprise, its marketing and personnel policy. These functions are performed by the management apparatus, which in the structure of any enterprise is separated from production units.
In an enterprise, in order to manage it, there is a system of managers at different levels. They are assigned to all departments and provide both horizontal communications at one level and vertical - from the lower-level manager to the CEO.
Leaders of the junior, lower level, work directly with the performers. Their task is to organize, ensure and control the implementation of production tasks and plans, the use of raw materials and the operation of equipment. This is the largest part of the administrative apparatus. Middle managers serve as intermediaries between senior management and grassroots leaders.
The highest level of management is the last link, whose representatives are responsible for making the most important decisions on which the activities of the company or enterprise depend. They are the ones who are responsible for this activity. The decisions they make, through middle and lower-level managers, are communicated to the direct executors.
This organizational and management structure is typical for any enterprise in which there are divisions and departments. It allows you to manage the enterprise and all of its executives to ensure this process through planning, organization, motivation and control.
