1. Managers have to decide how best to allocate the human, physical and capital resources available to them
2. Managers have to make sure that the jobs and tasks given to their subordinates are manageable.
3. There is no point in setting objectives if you dont communcate them to your staff.
4. Managers have to supervise their subordinates, and to measure, and try to improve, their performance.
5. Managers have to check whether objectives and targets are being achieved.ň
6. A top manager whose performance is unsatisfactory can be dismissed by the companys board of directors.
7. Top managers are responsible for the innovations that will allow a company to adapt to a changing world.