General Managers

Key Tasks

• •Planning policy, and setting standards and objectives for organisations
• •Providing day-to-day direction and management of organisations, and directing and endorsing policy to fulfil objectives, achieve specific goals, and maximise profit and efficiency
• •Assessing changing situations and responding accordingly by issuing commands and directives to subordinate staff
• •Consulting with immediate subordinates and departmental heads on matters such as methods of operation, equipment requirements, finance, sales and human resources
• •Authorising the funding of major policy implementation programs
• •Representing the organisation at official occasions, in negotiations, at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums, and liaising between areas of responsibility
• •Preparing, or arranging for the preparation of, reports, budgets and forecasts, and presenting them to governing bodies
• •Selecting and managing the performance of senior staff
• •May undertake responsibility for some or all of accounting, sales, marketing, human resources and other specialist operations

Employment Projections to 2035