EMAD RAMADAN KHAMEES A Day in the Life of Jeremy Jackson answer 1. Identify the basic managerial functions in which Jeremy engaged during the day that is, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Planning checking his daily plans in his electronic planner when he reviews notes from the team meeting from last week and begins developing today's agenda. He also writes out what he remembered from the last meeting to discuss in the meeting room. he outlines his schedule for the next day. Organizing when he's manager is concerned about a recent contract the company has signed, and she has some serious reservations about the company's ability to complete the work on time. Leading during meetings that discussed their team's timeline and goals can be achieved he tells Greg that he trusts his knowledge of computers and software and will postpone due to his judgement on the time for the project At lunch meeting with his manager when he quickly adapting the concern of the partner and discussing the project EMAD RAMADAN KHAMEES Controlling Jeremy was able to control his team during meetings that discussed their team's timeline and goals can be achieved throughout the meeting due to the discussion of whether their team's timeline and goals can be achieved. 2. When did Jeremy act in (a) interpersonal roles, (b) informational roles, and (c) decisional roles? (a) interpersonal roles (figurehead, leader, and liaison) when he conducted a meeting and discussed the problems with them when he gets back at the office to discover a voicemail message urging attendance at the manager's meeting with one company's partner during lunch (b) informational roles when Jeremy tries to reassure his manager that they will meet the deadlines. (c) decisional roles EMAD RAMADAN KHAMEES when he decided to end the meeting to arrange another appointment with Gerg when he indicates trust in Greg's knowledge of computer and software and will defer to his judgement if he does not think the deadline can be me. 3. Did Jeremy spend his time appropriately? If so, in what ways? How might he have adjusted what he did to be more effective? In my opinion, Jeremy may have tried to manage his time appropriately, but many events in a manager's day tend to be unplanned and difficult to control. He spent too much time on the phone with his manager when he should have been finalizing the meeting agenda. He did not manage the meeting well, wasting the members' time with an extended argument over the project timeline. He also spent two hours at lunch explaining the project's merits and feasibility, which prevented him from running the errands he had planned.