Business organizations in different industries are broken-down into small functional units or departments. Managers, who in most of the cases we refer as unit managers, manage the functional units of the company. The functional units of the company include finance and accounting, sales, marketing, and human resource management. The responsibilities of a manager in different functional unit are vital because he coordinates and oversees all the activities of the organization (Robbins & Coulter, 2012). The manager is the driving force of an organization such that he ensures that all workers properly execute their functions at the aim of the accomplishing organization set goals.

A manager is an organization employee who is responsible for planning and come up with policies as well as the procedures workers are supposed to adhere for optimum performance within a business unit. In a single functional unit, a manager controls all the activities of that section. Manager ensures that all the activities in that functional unit are well coordinated, and he is responsible to the general manager.

The manager is responsible for decision making on the functional unit that he is overseeing. He begins different programs, analyzes the possibilities of the business development, initiates systematic changes, and encourages employees and gathers individual contribution for purposes of developing the company. The functional manager is also responsible in resource allocation, regulate the usage of work, make priorities of work, and ultimately follow procedures appropriately.

As a spokesperson of the company, a manager disseminates the organization’s information to the outside world. He or she gives official updates of the company’s economic and financial position to the stakeholders, overall managers, government, media, and to the organization itself. The manager also ensures that he or she has read all the magazines and articles concerning the company to equip him with the necessary decision-making skills.

According to welch and welch, human resource manager is responsible for policy making in regard to workers, makes recruitments and he/she is a change agent. Human resource manager is responsible for human capital (workers) in the company. He hires, fires, and makes laws in relation to the conducts of the workers for the company’s performance enhancement.

The marketing manager is responsible for communicating with the company potential customers about what is producing. Marketing manager has a responsibility of selecting the best ideas out of all the ideas raised by the personnel staff and use it in marketing. He/she is responsible for identifying the customers’ needs and advises the company on the quality and quantity of commodities to produce.

Finance manager, on the other hand, is responsible for allocating financial and material resources across all departments in line with the company procedures and laid down policies. He prepares financial ratios and estimates to show the company’s fiscal position. The manager recommends on what is supposed to follow as per the information given in the financial report. The finance manager is also responsible of ensuring that he reads and interprets the financial reports to the public or the media.