BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Manager
- a person who identifies and achieves organizational objectives through the deployment of appropriate resources. A manager can have responsibilities in one or more of five key areas: managing activities; managing resources; managing information; managing people; and managing him- or herself at the same time as working within the context of the organizational, political, and economic business environments. There are managers in all disciplines and activities, although some may not bear the title of manager. Some specialize in areas such as personnel, marketing, production, finance, or project management, while others are general managers, applying management skills across all business areas. Very few jobs are entirely managerial, and very few exist without any management responsibilities. It is the capability to harness resources that largely distinguishes a manager from a non-manager.
Wiktionary Definition for: Manager
- management A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant or a sports team.
- music An administrator, for a singer or group;
- sports manager
- sports manager
Additional Resources
- Working for a Younger Manager
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- Articles 2007-10-03
- Better Sales Manager: Obama or McCain?
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- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Worst Sales Manager Contest
- Worst Sales Manager ContestA suggestion...I should think that the pedagogical value of these horror stories is rather obvious: "Don't do these things if you want to be an effective sales manager."-- GeoffreyYou win!This was the worst. Please email me with your snail-mail address so that I can send you...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
- Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!
- Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!RE: Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!Thinking from the point of view of your boss is extremely important. Remember, they are on the lne and very visible, espescially in sales and also very vulnerable to job loss.A new boss immediately looks for who...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- How to Sell To Your Sales Manager
- Not happy with the way your sales department is run? Got an idea that could make it better? If so, you'll have to sell your idea to your sales manager. And that's not always easy, because sales managers know all the tricks. Even so, selling to a sales manager is...
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Microtel.(PEOPLE)(Jaynie Boothe appointed as regional operations manager)(Linda Farrell appointed as regional operations manager)(Tyrone Shannon appointed as franchise services manager)(Brief article)
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- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Help! My Manager is Screwing Me Up!
- Sales managers can be a headache, but most of the time their craziness doesn't spill over into your relationships with customers. But what do you do if you're in a situation like the one this reader wrote to complain about: My manager was convinced he had been the best...
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Manage Your Manager
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- Discussion threads 2007-04-17
- Video: Judge Judy Chews Out a Sales Manager
- Video: Judge Judy Chews Out a Sales ManagerRE: Video: Judge Judy Chews Out a Sales ManagerQUOTE: No Video. What's up?Beats me. I've got it playing right now on Firefox and IE. It's just a YouTube vid. If you can play YouTube, it ought to play. In...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- How to Sell Manager-To-Manager
- At the highest level, B2B sales is really M2M sales. If you want to build a strong customer relationship that's mutually profitable, you must be capable of managing some function of your customer's business better than the customer could do it alone. And that means you've got...
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Overlay Portfolio Management In A Multi-Manager Account
- It has been seen that new portfolio structures are changing the rules of the investment game. Multi-Manager Separate Accounts combines the separate skills of a number of managers in a single account, providing benefits to the investor, the plan sponsor, and the manager. An effective multi-manager account requires what the...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- World's Most Annoying Sales Manager?
- World's Most Annoying Sales Manager?RE: World's Most Annoying Sales Manager?The more time I spend on this site, the less serious it seems.The video obviously is a parody! I wonder who's dumb here? LOL!RE: World's Most Annoying Sales Manager?C'mon -- he's OK. It's CAR SALES for God's sake! He's...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-24
- Succeeding As a First-time Manager
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- Articles 2007-02-15
- How to Spot an Incompetent Manager
- Working on an incompetently managed team can be infuriating, and deadly for career advancement. Nor is it good for your organization if it turns out a manager you hired is not up to the demands of the job. Of course, the incompetent among us do not go around wearing handy,...
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- World's Worst (Fictional) Sales Manager.
- World's Worst Fictional Sales Manager.Excellent!I'd forgotten about him. Great example.RE: World's Worst Fictional Sales Manager.Jerry MaguireWorst Sales managerOk, brass balls aside, I first started in radio. Baldwin, could have been selling radio/air! I had a sales manager just like him. No kidding. Pompus,rude,short tempered, a bully. I had been...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- How to Be a Better Manager by Reading a Person's Face | Useful Commute Podcast
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- LOTUS GENERAL MANAGER IN CHINA APPOINTED
- AsiaInfo Services 11-20-1996 Lotus General Manager in China Appointed CHINA, November 20, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- Mr. Pi Zhuoding is appointed as Lotus General Manager in China Region. Mr. Pi once was general manager of the Operation Depart ...
- Research articles 1996-11-20
- Advice for the Novice Sales Manager
- This morning's post, "The Seven Myths of Sales Management" discussed the difficult job of being a sales manager. I thought it would be helpful to round out that discussion with this truly fabulous video where a top sales coach and author, Keith Rosen of ProfitBuilders, actually coaches a real-life beginning...
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- A Changing of the Guard at Slacker Manager
- Since I started blogging about productivity, leadership, teamwork, and management, I've enjoyed reading Slacker Manager ("Paving the path of least resistance, so you don't trip and fall"). Sadly, David Zinger -- one of the dynamic duo who, along with Phil Gerbyshak, has provided the lion's share of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Don't Forget the Middle Manager
- Some more views on the 'forgotten' middle manager -- whose role is increasingly under pressure in companies facing financial belt-tightening. "It’s not the ‘sexy’ part of leadership," says Penny de Valk, CEO of the Institute of Leadership and Management -- middle managers are often accused of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
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