Whenever any event goes through its paces from start to finish, whenever a set up functions without any glitches, whenever any project meets all its goals from launch to conclusion, whenever a programme is pursued to the full satisfaction of both its stakeholders as well as stockholders and so on, apart from the members of the team contributing their mite, there is a kingpin on whom rests overall responsibility for the others to work in unison. Identified by many terms such as director, co-ordinator, in-charge and whatever, that person’s identity has come to be bestowed a lacklustre title called Manager, apart from other avatars of the functionary such as Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager and Chief Manager. Except in rare cases, managers on whose shoulders rests the often diffusely stated responsibilities of managing get only brickbats for poor performance while credit or accolades for achieving total project success are conveniently sidelined.
Experience of working with teams, including members with no background of hands-on training or skill set, in moulding a person into an ideal manager, adept in knitting the workforce, is marked by many years on the job and perseverance. The area of managing all aspects of projects, including finance, human resources, materials, machinery and so on has emerged as Management Science in our times.
