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5 Management Traits of an Operations Manager

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5 Management Traits of an Operations Manager

• Regular monitoring and efficiently managing the
  operations of an organization is quite imperative
  for the successful functioning of the business.
• This is what the branch of operations management
  caters to. It is therefore, the task of an
  operation manager to efficaciously manage all the
  operations within an organization.
• So, an operation manager is expected to do his
  job with competence and productivity. To perform
  his task optimally, there are some requisite
  skills that an operation manager should possess
  such as good thinking ability, effective
  communication and many more. Apart from this,
  there are 5 essential management traits which are
  as follows

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1.  Realistic nature of an operation manager

• The operation manager should be realistic in
  nature and must understand that workers working
  under him are very valuable.  He should have a
  good rapport with the staff members and for this,
  he should carry out effective communication with
  them.
• Hence, he must provide them with effective advice
  and thoughts along with listening to their
  problems and resolving their issues. If the
  operation manager is realistic, hell convince
  the employees and gets the work done from them
  effectively. However, sometimes the decision of
  the employees should also be given importance as
  it garners self-confidence in them.

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2. Target Maximum Efficiency

• The work of an operation manager is to get the
  work done by the employees efficiently.
• The managers should make optimum utilization of
  organizations resources which ultimately reduces
  the cost of production.
• They should sell the products in such a way that
  the consumer finds it cheap and at the same time,
  they are able to earn enough profit out of it.
• This is where operation managers should be
  efficient.

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3. Emphasize The Quality of Deliverables

• In the market, the consumers prefer buying the
  top-notch quality product at a higher price
  rather than a mediocre product at low rates. A
  supplier who has a low rejection rate and
  provides quality products garners consumer
  satisfaction.
• With the managers efforts in providing good
  quality products, the employees also work with
  interest and take initiative.
• The managers, as well as the employees, should
  know that if theyll work with their complete
  efforts, then the cost of production will come
  down and hence, the organization will gain
  advantage and ultimately they will be benefited.

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4.  Operation managers should work as leaders

• Leaders lead the employees and they are much
  needed when the work is not up to the mark.
• Operations managers should organize meetings with
  managers and other staff members to discuss
  issues and to keep an eye on the operations.
• It is leaders work to ensure that the staff
  members are buoyant to perform the task with
  their best efforts. Hence, maintaining a healthy
  and motivated environment is essential for a
  leader.

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5.  How to Perform Supply chain Management

• It is the task of operations managers to manage
  the supply chain properly.
• They should have requisite skills and knowledge
  in order to devise strategies to maximize
  productivity and to minimize the operational cost
  so as to earn huge profits.
• They should ensure that the quality of
  deliverables is not compromised while the task is
  completed before the deadline. Furthermore,
  efficient transportation of deliverables should
  also be ensured.

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Summary

• MIT School of Distance Education offers a Post
  Graduate Diploma in Operations Management which
  imparts requisite skills and provides deep
  knowledge to the candidates so that they can
  enter the industry and function as efficient
  operations managers.