Management Environment Characteristics

Every successful company has certain foundations that set them apart from companies found as mediocre. One primary foundation is a good management environment. A good management environment can dictate whether a company sinks or swims. If the management system is poor, employee standards are poor as a result and the company will not succeed. The specific characteristics of a successful management environment, including; a good internal and external environment, a strong culture, good ethics, social responsibility, and a focus on sustainability.

Management environment characteristics can be viewed in two different companies: Employment Works Inc., and Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort. Employment Works Inc. is an agency that works with individuals

It identifies each job, its function, and where it serves in the organization. EWI’s organizational structure can be broken down into several divisions, such as residential services, vocational services, financial, medical, scheduling, programming and human resources. Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resorts’ organizational structure on the other hand is more involved in financial services, human resources, media, scheduling, and other services revolving around the gambling

An internal environment is composed of; culture of management, mission statement, resources, system processes and structure. Upon examining the business EWI it is clear they have a very strong internal environment. EWI has a total of four managers; Brandy, Lexi, Jodi, and Aleigha. Each manager has her own style of management Jodi and Lexi have a participative style of management while Brandy and Aleigha have a consultative style of management. Participative management style consists of low direction and high support. As for describing the leadership styles of the upper level management, they choose to be involved out of necessity only after setting the guidelines for others. This leadership style is best described as participative. Managers who have a participative leadership style develop confidence in their employees, believing this will inspire motivation among one another. Consultative management style involves high direction and high support. These type of managers oversee the work the employees do. Both of these styles get input from their employees and rely on this input when making decisions that will impact their employees. All four managers at EWI have a management style that values the input of their employees. Since a majority of their employees work directly with the clients/customers it 's important to get input from the employees for the agency to track the progress of the client which