Managerial Skills | Skills of Managers

In this article, we will quickly discuss Managerial Skills (Skills of Managers) for different levels.

Four Skills are required for managers. In other words, Managers must have 4 skills to excel.

1. Technical Skill
2. People or Human skill
3. Conceptual Skill
4. Design skill

Now, let’s see how these 4 skills are relevant and important for lower, mid, and top-level managers.

Lower Level Managers or Supervisors: [lower management]

1. Technical skills are very important.
2. Human skills are also very vital.
3. Conceptual or design skills are not that important

Mid-Level Managers [Mid management]

1. Technical skills become less important
2. Human skills remain important
3. Conceptual skills (and design skills) gain importance

Top-level managers | Top management

1. Technical skills become the least important
2. Human skills remain important
3. Conceptual skill and design skills are very important

LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT

Although all managers perform the same functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling, there are levels among them. There are, in any organization, the so-called first-line, middle and top managers.

The lower (or first-line) management group is made up of foremen and white-collar supervisors, men and women who are only one step above the rank and file.

Next comes middle management, a vast and diverse group that includes sales managers, plant managers, personnel managers, and many other department heads.

Finally, there is the top management consisting of the board chairman, the company presidents, and the executive vice-presidents, i.e., the men who coordinate all the specialties and make policies for the company as a whole.