Definition

1. 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

1. the highest ranking manager