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Mine Management EMI 5102: Gwanda State University Dr. K. Chiteka

This document discusses the three levels of management in engineering - top, middle, and lower level management. It explains their key roles and responsibilities. Top-level management focuses on strategic planning and overall business success. Middle-level management executes plans and reports to top management. Lower-level management oversees daily workflow and guides employees.

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Mine Management EMI 5102: Gwanda State University Dr. K. Chiteka

This document discusses the three levels of management in engineering - top, middle, and lower level management. It explains their key roles and responsibilities. Top-level management focuses on strategic planning and overall business success. Middle-level management executes plans and reports to top management. Lower-level management oversees daily workflow and guides employees.

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Mine Management

EMI 5102
Gwanda State University
Dr. K. Chiteka

02- Engineering Management (Part 1)


Mining management list of topics

• Introduction

• Levels of management
• Senior/Top level

• Middle level

• Low level
What is an Engineering Manager

• Engineer possessing both abilities to apply engineering principles and


skills in organizing and directing people and projects.

• Engineering management is a subset of management that focuses on


the engineering industry.

• Why do we need Engineering Management?


• Competition is global and companies need these people to compete
successfully;

• Engineering Management;
• Teaches Engineers to “Speak Business”
• Teaches Engineers to be More Collaborative
• Creates New Career Opportunities
• Strengthens the Skills of Entrepreneurial Engineers
Technology and top Management

• Engineers understand technology for business growth

• There is need to understand the technology driving the business today


and technology that will change the business in future

• Treating Research and Development as investment not an expense to be


minimized

• Dedicating a customer’s problem and provide technologically savvy


solutions (true marketing via customer relations)
Levels of Management

1. Administrative, Managerial, or Top Level of Management

2. Executive or Middle Level of Management

3. Supervisory, Operative, or Lower Level of Management


Administrative, Managerial, or Top Level of
Management

• This level of management consists of an organization’s board of directors


and the chief executive or managing director.

• It is the ultimate source of power and authority, since it oversees the


goals, policies, and procedures of a company.

• Their main priority is on the strategic planning and execution of the


overall business success.
• The roles and responsibilities of the top level of management can be
summarized as follows:
• Laying down the objectives and broad policies of the business enterprise.
• Issuing necessary instructions for the preparation of department-specific
budgets, schedules, procedures, etc.
• Preparing strategic plans and policies for the organization.
• Appointing the executives for middle-level management, i.e. departmental
managers.
• Establishing controls of all organizational departments.
• Since it consists of the Board of Directors, the top management level
is also responsible for communicating with the outside world and is
held accountable towards an organization’s shareholders for the
performance of the enterprise.
• Providing overall guidance, direction, and encouraging harmony and
collaboration.
Executive or Middle Level of Management

• The branch and departmental managers form this middle management


level.

• These people are directly accountable to top management for the


functioning of their respective departments, devoting more time to
organizational and directional functions.

• For smaller organizations, there is often only one layer of middle


management, but larger enterprises can see senior and junior levels
within this middle section.
• The roles and responsibilities of the middle level of management can be
summarized as follows:
• Executing the plans of the organization in accordance with the policies
and directives laid out by the top management level.
• Forming plans for the sub-units of the organization that they
supervise.
• Participating in the hiring and training processes of lower-level
management.
• Interpreting and explaining the policies from top-level management to
lower-level management.
• Sending reports and data to top management in a timely and efficient
manner.
• Evaluating the performance of junior managers.
• Inspiring lower level managers towards improving their performance.
Supervisory, Operative, or Lower Level of
Management

• This level of management consists of supervisors, foremen, section


officers, superintendents and all other executives whose work must do
largely with HR oversight and the direction of operative employees.

• Simply put, managers at the lower level are primarily concerned with the
execution and coordination of day-to-day workflow that ensure
completion of projects and that deliverables are met.
• The roles and responsibilities of the lower level of management can be
summarized as follows:
• Assigning jobs and tasks to various workers.
• Guiding and instructing workers in day-to-day activities.
• Overseeing both the quality and quantity of production.
• Maintaining good relations within lower levels of the organization.
• Acting as mediators by communicating the problems, suggestions, and
recommendatory appeals, etc. of workers to the higher level of
management, and in turn elucidating higher-level goals and objectives to
workers.

• Helping to address and resolve the grievances of workers.

• Supervising and guiding their subordinates.

• Taking part in the hiring and training processes of their workers.


• Arranging the necessary materials, machines, tools, and resources, etc.
necessary for accomplishing organizational tasks.

• Preparing periodical reports regarding the performance of the workers.

• Upholding discipline, decorum, and harmony within the workplace.

• Improving the enterprise’s image as a whole, due to their direct contact


with the workers.
Levels of Management Summary

• Top-level managers are responsible for controlling and overseeing the


entire organization.

• Middle-level managers are responsible for executing organizational plans


which comply with the company’s policies.

• They act as an intermediary between top-level and low-level


management.

• Low-level managers focus on the execution of tasks and deliverables,


serving as role models for the employees they supervise.
Questions

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