general manager
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Definition
- Noun:
- The highest-ranking manager: A "general manager" is the senior executive with overall responsibility for the operations and performance of a business, division, or organization. This role typically involves broad authority over multiple departments.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The board appointed a new general manager to oversee the company's restructuring.
- As general manager, her duties include setting the annual budget and strategic goals.
- You will need the general manager's approval for a contract of that size.
Advanced Usage
- "to serve as general manager": to hold the position of the highest-ranking manager.
- He served as general manager for ten years before retiring.
- "report to the general manager": to be directly accountable to the senior executive.
- All department heads report directly to the general manager.
Variants and Related Words
- General Management (n): The function or activity of overseeing an entire organization or major division.
- She has extensive experience in general management.
- Managing Director (n): A title often synonymous with "general manager," commonly used in British English and corporate structures.
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (n): A similar top executive role, though often at the very highest level of a corporation, potentially above a general manager of a subsidiary.
Synonyms
- Senior Executive: A high-level corporate officer.
- Head: The person in charge of an organization.
- Top Manager: A manager at the highest level of an organization's hierarchy.
Related Phrases
- Office of the General Manager: Refers to the administrative unit or the physical office of the senior executive.
- The proposal was sent to the Office of the General Manager for review.
- Acting General Manager: A person temporarily performing the duties of the general manager.
- She is the acting general manager while the search for a permanent replacement continues.
Noun
- the highest ranking manager