The role of the manager: What's really important in different management jobs
研究调查了上千名管理者对不同管理任务重要性的评价，发现不同职能（如营销、制造、行政）间任务重要性有差异，但相似性大于差异，为组织统一选拔和培训管理者提供了依据。
This article presents a study on the differences in management roles and activities across different levels and functions within an organization. The study asked more than a thousand managers to rate the relative importance of a number of managerial tasks to their jobs. It identified seven major factors or groups of management tasks. It confirmed that there are differences in the importance of managerial tasks across marketing, manufacturing and administrative functions. The study also revealed that the similarities of managerial tasks are greater than the differences. The practical implication of this finding is that a common approach to selecting, training and developing managers may developed within an organization.