ABSTRACT
The intention really is to talk about ‘what managers do all day’, but this requires some hefty preliminaries to show how business firms are put together, who exactly production and general managers are, and where they fit in. Moving again to the right the three functions of production control, materials control, and production engineering are all grouped under the production services manager. Production engineering, materials control and production control are not always grouped under a production services manager. Production managers are those who are responsible for direct manufacture, some of them being responsible for related activities as well. But managers solely in charge of related activities — the production controllers, purchasing managers, production engineers, materials controllers, maintenance managers, and so on — are excluded. The sample of observed managers whose work is discussed include some general managers. Production engineering, materials control and production control are not always grouped under a production services manager.
