Shah Faisal Farooq FA17-BSE-031

ASSIGNMENT # 1
Q: Can you challenge the Application of hierarchy of Managerial Levels in Today’s Business
World?
The organizational members of any organization that carries out tasks which are responsible for
the work performance of other organizational members are known as managers.
There are three main levels of managers in any organization i.e Top Level, Middle Level and
First Level Managers. Before getting to the question, it would be better to know what these
levels of organization are.
Top Level Managers also known as senior management or executives makes decision which
effects the entire firm. They do not take part in daily activities of the firm. Rather they only set
the goal for entire organization. They have a great deal of managerial experience before moving
up to the top level of organization.
Middle level managers are those who work under top level managers and they are responsible
for the goals set by the top level managers. There are different kinds of managers present in
the middle level which depends on the size of the company. Middle managers maybe promoted
from the first level managers who are capable enough for the position.
First level managers are also known as first line managers or supervisors. Most of the
employees interact with first line managers on the daily basis. First line managers are
responsible daily management of line workers of the company. First line managers do not
usually set goals of the company but still they have a strong influence on the company.
In today’s world of business, use of these levels of hierarchy is really important and we cannot
easily challenge it. These managerial levels are divided into different managerial roles including
decisional, interpersonal and informational roles.
Decisional roles require managers to plan an upcoming strategy for the organization and each
managers should be capable to carry out decision but level of decision is different for different
managerial levels. First line managers only carry out small decision which are limited to the line
workers. As we go up the levels we see that bigger decisions on larger issues are carried out by
top line managers such as labor contracts and merger with other organizations.
Interpersonal roles demand managers for direct supervision of employees and organization.
These roles are critical for middle line managers because they have to compete with other
managers in order to get important resources and maintaining successful relationships with
them.
Informational roles are carried out by managers in order to attain information and these roles
are important at each level. Different strategies are carried out for information which are
further announced by any spokesperson or maybe middle line manager.
So application of these hierarchy in management are not easily negligible.