Managerial activities and roles $($Engage$)$

You already know what managers do every day, right?

Read the following case study to see if this description of a manager's day matches your expectations, and then answer the questions that follow.

Kaiser Family Foundation help me stay aware of the global, political, and medical aspects of the epidemic. I get through about a quarter of my

CASE STUDY reading before our grant writer stops in with a question for an upcoming foundation proposal.

$2$:$15$ p$.$m$.$ I take a quick call from our insurance broker. It's time to review our policies before they expire. Didn't we just do this, I ask myself? Oh well, I guess time flies. Vhe schedule a meeting for next week so we can discuss going to market with our business and our coverage levels.

$2$:$30$ p$.$m$.$ Time to check back in with my comptroller. Before I can move on to the next thing on my to$-$do list, the phone rings. It's counsel. We chat for a bit and then it's on to business. He's sending a document over that I've been waiting for.

$3$:$15$ p$.$m$.$ My IT manager calls. It seems we need to invest in some new hardware, so he's calling to warn me about a purchase he's just put through. Since I have him on the phone, I get a quick update on the IT department's projects.

Managers spend most of their time:

Planning

Monitoring employee work