Question

Distinguish between top level, middle level and lower level of management.

Answer 1

Difference between top level, middle level and lower level or supervisory level of management:
$\begin{array}{cccc}\text{Basis}& \text{Top level management}& \text{Middle level management}& \text{Supervisory level management}\\ \text{Time range}& \text{It covers long span of period.}& \text{It covers intermediate range.}& \text{It is concerned with short period.}\\ \text{Skills}& \text{It requires creative skills.}& \text{It needs persuasive skills.}& \text{It is concerned with operative skills.}\\ \text{Evaluation}& \text{It is difficult to evaluate its}& \text{It is less difficult to evaluate its}& \text{It is easy to evaluate its performance.}\\ & \text{achievement.}& \text{performance.}& \\ \text{Number of}& \text{It involves few persons.}& \text{It involves moderate number of}& \text{It is concerned with large number of}\\ \text{persons}& & \text{persons.}& \text{persons.}\\ \text{Policy}& \text{It is concerned with the}& \text{It is moderately concerned with}& \text{It is least concerned with policy}\\ \text{formulation}& \text{formulation of policies to a}& \text{policy formulation.}& \text{formulation.}\\ & \text{greater extent.}& & \\ \text{Nature}& \text{It is determinative. It is more}& \text{It is more executory and}& \text{It is operative. It is more supervisory}\\ & \text{administrative than managerial.}& \text{managerial than administrative.}& \text{than managerial.}\end{array}$