Chapter 1, Problem 1RDQ

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The difference between managers and non-managerial employees.

Introduction

An employee is a manager and worker that works for a community, organization and company in return for wages or salary. In other words, employees can be any individual that performs the task allocated to him by his manager in return for money.

Answer to Problem 1RDQ

It can be concluded that managers possess supervisory duties and decision making power and non-managerial employees are required to put their efforts to complete the task allotted by the manager.

Explanation of Solution

A manager is an individual that administers or controls a group of staff or an organization. In other words, a manager is in charge of a certain subset of a company or a certain group of tasks. Manager working at a different level have non-managerial employees that report directly to him. Employees that are associated with a non-managerial position does not have any supervisory duties, however, non-managerial employees such as a team leader are the one that directs other non-managerial employees through his expertise and guidance. The manager enjoys the decision-making power which is not available with the non-managerial employees. The non-managerial employees perform the task as directed by their manager and work towards the fulfilment of the decision taken by him.