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Burca, Keith Vincent Y.
CHE427 Assignment
What does a manager do?
Here in the Philippines, being a manager or the “manedyer” is something eclare !er"
big or a great sign #or success. $t also o#ten associate %ith har%or&, in#luence, com#ort an
ease in li#e, an o# course, mone". Ho%e!er, oes being a manager reall" means ha!ing a 'ob that
'ust points out people %hat to o #or him ma&ing him li!e li&e a &ing in the compan" he is in(
)ell, ma"be "es but to be a reall" goo an e##ecti!e leaer, the tables might be turne aroun.
*here are numerous concepts an theories about the e#inition o# goo management. $n
#act, a lot o# classical theorists ha!e alrea" trie their best to achie!e the best %a" to e#ine it.
+ne goo eample is Peter -ruc&er %ho suggeste that goo management is neither a ran& nor a
title, but rather a responsibilit" an a practice, in %hich the s&ills can be imparte an stuie at
the same time. *he goal o# this paper is to eplain %hat $ ha!e learne about being a goo
manager, using the -ruc&ers #i!e basic operations in the %or& o# the manager.
*he #irst operation suggeste b" -ruc&er is that a manager sets ob'ecti!es. He must
!ision a goal #or the team. *he ob'ecti!es must be rele!ant an attainable b" the team. He must
also be e##ecti!e in sharing this !ision to e!er"one in his team. $n that %a", the"ll #eel their
in!ol!ement an surel" the"ll ha!e the enthusiasm to share %ith "ou the loa. $n setting up the
ob'ecti!es, a goo manager also nees open/mineness. He must be open #or suggestions an
must &no% ho% to accept criticisms positi!el". He must also be open #or more challenges
because these challenges ma&e the team stronger an the bons tighter. *here#ore, a goo
manager is a goo communicator an a team pla"er.
*he secon basic operation is that a manager organi0es. He must &no% ho% to elegate
the tas&s e1uall" to his teammates. Ho%e!er, the teammates can sometimes #eel the buren an
ma" not #unction properl", this happens unless the !ision or the ob'ecti!es are not properl"
isseminate. *here#ore, #or the secon basic operation, the #irst one is neee, an both are
e1uall" important because e!en though ho% the manager claims himsel# as a goo leaer, he still
nees the help o# his members. A#ter all, no man is an islan. As a chemical engineering stuent
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in the ni!ersit" o# 3an Carlos, $ %as use to being ro%ne %ith pile/up re1uirements #rom all
the sub'ects. *his basic operation can also be obser!e b" &no%ing ho% to hanle stress an
organi0ing %ith personal problems so "ou can still #unction properl" as a human being %hile
going to school or an" place in %hich "ou nee to eal %ith people. or me, initiati!e is also
inclue in the secon basic operation to get things starte. *he po%er to initiate a thing to be
one, the po%er to #in an alternati!e %a" in case something brea&s an the po%er to thin&
outsie the bo, are all in the hans o# a goo an e##icient leaer.
*he thir basic operation is a manager moti!ates. A goo manager is not the t"pe that 'ust
commans people to &eep on oing a tas&, but rather someone %ho inspires that person to o
such thing. $ts not reall" about ho% much e##ort ha!e "ou one #or a thing or ho% high big "our
position is. 3ometimes, its 'ust about ho% much inspiration are "ou gi!ing out to each an e!er"
one. -ruc&er clearl" suggeste that part o# the thir basic operation is goo communication
because it is the %a" to ma&e a team out o# people. or me, communication is a t%o/%a" process
an it oes not 'ust in!ol!e "ou being able to share "our thoughts an ieas. $ts also about
listening. 5istening oes not merel" unerstan the %ors o# the 1uestion as&e, listening
unerstans %h" the 1uestion %as as&e in the #irst place. $ts li&e pla"ing the piano6 to be more
attache to the song, "ou ont listen b" "our ears but "ou listen %ith "our heart.
*he #ourth basic operation is that a manager must measure the %or&. He must ensure that
the team is on the right trac& al%a"s. Ho% oes he o that( or me, base on m" eperience as
the presient o# the ChE Council, the best %a" is to be an eample. )ith that $ mean, he must
ma&e sure that he is recei!ing e1ual buren %ith his teammates. ot 'ust that, he must o his
tas&s properl". He must sho% iscipline an that he is %illing to change his ba habits #or the
goo. Achie!ing "our goal pace #or the %or&s ma" ta&e some time because "our teammates ma"
ha!e to a'ust %ith their ne% compan" an some members ma" nee a lot o# inspiration to o
%ell. *his %hole process is li&e #orging a iamon in the rough. -iamons ha!e to unergo a
huge amount o# pressure an heating in orer #or one to attain its beaut" an class. Proucing
iamons oesnt come in a clic& o# a han6 one must learn to %ait an %ith %aiting comes
patience, %hich #or me is also an ingreient o# a goo manager.
*he #i#th an last basic operation is that a manager e!elops people, incluing himsel#.
He must &no% an e!er"one shoul &no% that the" are on the same team. *he" shoul reali0e
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that the" are not oing things #or the sa&e o# themsel!es, but rather #or e!er"one. o one shoul
be le#t behin. $ts not about 8'ust9 oing it. $ts about oing things %holeheartel". *as&s can be
one i# the senses %or& han in han an %ith the presence o# min, but %hat ma&es it !er"
special is %hen "ou put "our heart into it. An e!ent %ill 'ust be an e!ent %ithout eication. )ith
it, it becomes a legac".
$# $ %ere to a a sith basic operation, it %oul be that a manager possesses an
constantl" sho%s his humilit". *o be a goo manager, "ou shoul be able to unerstan that %e
are li!ing in an imper#ect %orl an that people commit mista&es. You shoul set reasonable
stanars #or "oursel# an #or others, an learn to be o&a" %ith 8goo enough9. Humilit" is also
being able to sa" 83orr"9, 8$ #orgi!e "ou9, 8Congratulations9 an 8*han& "ou9. $t ma" seem so
small #or "ou but it coul mean a lot #or the person being aresse to. Youll &no% it an "oull
#eel it because "ou %ill gain their respect #or "ou, the"ll be more passionate an enthusiastic in
%hat the" o, an conse1uentl", all those s%eet %ors %ill surel" #in their %a" bac& to "ou.
Personall", recei!ing these %ors is the best a%ar the people coul e!er gi!e to "ou.