Duties and responsibilities of Admin Manager?

Administrative Manager Successful managers are very self-disciplined, intelligent, responsible and presentable people. An Administrative Manager would need to be positive, enthusiastic, have good leadership skills, get on well with people, be firm but just and have the ability and perseverance to try and help the company achieve their goals. She/he should be able to motivate people and make them feel that they are an important cog in the business wheel. The employees should know that management is trying their best to make life for everyone in the company as profitable, productive and enjoyable as possible, so that they will be much more likely to concentrate on doing their best.

Every worker in a business is given a specific task or tasks to do by the manager who does the planning, co-ordinating and organising of activities to reach the required goals and she/he would be the one to give orders and exercise control over the entire process.

The authority in a large organisation consists of three levels. 1. Top Management (board of directors, chairman and managing director or stockholders in a closed corporation) 2. Functional Managers(administrative, production, financial, marketing and purchase managers) 3. Operations Managers(advertising, credit and cost calculation managers). Each of these managers fulfil a task for which he or she has been trained.

The General Manager (CEO) handles personnel functions, marketing, production and administration. They are not specialists in a specific field but can work in most fields or subsections of the company.

The Marketing Manager organises, plans, controls, co-ordinates and gives orders relating to all the marketing activities.

The Production Manager is responsible for the budgeting, promotion and selling of a product.

The Purchasing Manager does purchasing for the organisation and negotiates with suppliers about the prices of items which have to be bought.

The Personnel Manager (H.R.) works with matters relating to personnel - interviews for employment, leave, salaries and so on.

An Administrative Manager's tasks would include the following: ÃResponsibility for the overall work performance of a company. ÃManagement of office environment. ÃGathering, adapting, storing and distributing information within the company. ÃUsing information systems. ÃProviding specialised support to other departments and managers. ÃProviding document and telecommunication management. ÃPlanning, organising, providing leadership and controlling all administrative functions. ÃManaging quality and cost control. ÃRendering a service to other functions within the organisation. ÃProviding training and development to the staff. ÃManaging the many fields of work which the employees carry out. ÃEnsuring that human and material resources are correctly utilised. ÃMeeting with other members of management and planning for the future.

Career Fields: Admin and Office Business and Management Courtesy: CareerExpo