MANAGERIAL LEVELS/HIERARCHY

Managerial Hierarchy are doors management levels which create an order for communication chain between different managers and describes the inter relationships between them. There are various levels in the organisation structure that tells the difference between Power, rank, positions etc. These levels are called Hierarchy. 

How many hierarchy of management will be there in an organisation depends upon the organisation's size, characteristics and limitations, capabilities of managers, the centralisation of rights and policies. In every organisation, functions and rights are divided amongst employees from top level to low level.

In this changing environment organisation's size is becoming very large and to operate it is getting complicated. The real owners of the organisation also do not participate in business activities, in such situation the employers have begin to split all the task and write at three levels.

1. Top Level Management:

Generally, the group of active managers at a higher position is called high level or higher management. In other words, according to the functional ideology of management, planning and policy making management in the organisation is called as high level management. In this way, the board of directors, managing directors, general managers, etc. come in high level management. 

The main task of high level management is to determine the policies of organisation so that the organisation can be operated efficiently. According to Livingston, there are three functions of high level management:

Decision Function:

Origin of ideas, planning, determining objectives, process structure, coordination and appointment of officers, policy making and analysis, transfer of rights, selection of financial resources, mobilization and distribution of benefits. 

Judicial Work:

Comparing the achievement of judicial work policies and objectives, evaluating the cost and alternate basis. 

Auxiliary Work:

Disseminating important order and instructions, to bring long term stability in the venture, approval of the budget, examining plans and results, maintaining high levels of frugality and work efficiency among the officials, choosing the CEOs, etc. 

2. Middle Level:

Middle level management refers to the level between the high and lower level management. In other words, the management at middle level of the chairman and first-person manager of different departments is called middle level management. The middle level management includes divisional manager, plant managers, departmental managers, personnel manager,etc. 

The main function of middle level management is to establish coordination between functional or operational manager and higher level manager. The following other functions of middle level management are:

1. Explain and understand policies,

2. Give detailed instruction for the operation, 

3. Evaluate the progress of daily work,

4. Collaborate in the coordination of departmental work,

5. Motivate the operating staff, 

6. Solved problems of supervisory staff.

3. Lower Level or Supervisory Management:

It refers to those executive leadership positions whose work is mainly to inspect and direct the work of the executive staff. The lower level management involves the branch manager, chief supervisor, office superintendent, chief clerk accountant, inspector, foreman and section in charge and incharge supervisor. 

The main task of first line management is to work according to the plan, to co-ordinate tasks, to solve the problems of supervisors and workers, etc. Following are the other functions of supervisory management:

1. Create Operating plans. 

2. Inspect the task of employees and improve their mistakes.

3. Assign workload to employees or workers.

4. Establish coordination in various operational task.

5. Keep in touch with the officials and give the necessary information.

6. Providing necessary educational training to the employees.

7. To evaluate the work task of employees.

8. To Motivate employees and maintaining discipline in them.

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