This paper will try to resolve issues and topics derived from different works, articles and references on the much-needed skills of managers in the present generation.

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             Management Function and Skills; A Necessity .

             Many articles and works have been written and chronicled when it comes to the needed skills in management. The growth and success of any endeavor in business is being based and gauged through the skills of these managers. The terms and the future of their companies rest in their hands. Indeed, these top executives could really make or break a company. .

             Management, most of the time is being associated with leadership; the manager's ability to lead a group of people in completing a task or assignment. Others would define a true manager through his possessed wisdom and knowledge may it be acquired through formal education or from the vast experience in management. .

             A newsletter posted online classifies management into styles. According to these article, Linking Personality with Management Style; .

             Several of our newsletter topics have discussed the relationships between a person's personality and their management style. we talked about 3 types of people: people-oriented, things-oriented and idea-oriented. .

             "People-oriented" people tend to have more team-oriented management styles. This would .

             involve their skills in leadership of group of people. The manager is at ease in working with a group or a team to reach their goals. An online article suggests that,.

             People-oriented people are most comfortable when they are teaching, coaching, helping, communicating, advising, persuading, motivating, entertaining, guiding, leading, selling, inspiring.

             The leadership trait and skill of a manager is thus vague in meaning and depth. According to the renowned author, Peter Drucker, in his book The Essential Drucker, he notes that; .

             Leadership has little to do with leadership qualities and even less to do with charisma.