Operational and Strategic Management Tasks
Operational management involves the management of people, resources techniques, and processes that aid in service, production or sales efforts. Managers in these positions must be able forecast the future requirements and adapt the business accordingly. They should be able to establish and maintain standards that ensure high-quality, profitability and productivity.
To complete their operational tasks, management usually employs various tools, including project planning software. The software aids managers in organizing teams with the appropriate skills to meet their objectives and track the progress of their teams. The manager must then monitor each team, and assist in solving any issues that might arise during the execution of the task assigned to them.
A manager of operations should be competent, in addition to managing personnel and projects and projects, to communicate the overall strategy of the company to all employees. To make this easier, he must create and distribute the company’s scorecard, as well as communicate the goals that are established in it.
The department for operation management must be responsible for establishing the structure of information technology networks, determining the dimensions and scope of manufacturing facilities, implementing project management techniques and developing a material management strategy. The issue of managing materials concerns the acquisition, control, and distribution of materials within the plant. The responsibility for directing initiatives which have a natural home within another unit or function should remain with that unit or function; however the OSM should oversee those that cross functions and units to ensure that they get the resources they need.