MANAGEMENT LEVEL

MANAGEMENT LEVELS
• TOP – LEVEL MANAGERS
• MIDDLE LEVEL
• FIRST LINE LEVEL
MANAGEMENT LEVEL
TOP-LEVEL MANAGERS
• The Top Level Management consists
of the Board of Directors (BOD) and
the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
• The Chief Executive Officer is also
called General Manager (GM) or
Managing Director (MD) or President.
 ROLES OF TOP LEVEL MANAGER:
1. Decides the objectives, policies, and plans of
the organization.
2. Prepares long-term plans of the organization.
3. Assembles the available resource.
4. Managing those in the lower levels.
 MIDDLE LEVEL
• The Middle Level Management
consists of the Departmental
Heads (HOD), Branch Managers,
and the Junior Executives.
• This level includes division heads
and supervisors.
• (Supervisor is the nurse manager
who is responsible for more than
one in-patient unit).
 ROLES OF MIDDLE LEVEL
MANAGER:
1. Gives recommendations to the top level
management.
2. Execute the policies and plans which are made
by the top level management.
3. Coordinate the activities of all the departments.
4. Communicate with the top level management
and the lower level management.
5. Prepare short-term plans of their departments.
6. Managing the first-line managers.
 FIRST LINE LEVEL
• They are the unit managers or
head nurses.
• It is also called Operative level or
First Line of Management
• These are nurse managers who
are responsible for managing one
in-patient unit.
 ROLES OF LOWER LEVEL MANAGER:

1. Directs the workers / employees.

2. Develop morale in the workers.
3. Maintains a link between workers
and the middle level management.
4. Informs the workers about the
decisions which are taken by the
management.
5. Inform the management about the
performance, difficulties, feelings
and demands of the workers