Francois pays a lot of attention to the environment outside his company, staying alert for long-run opportunities and problems and devising strategies for dealing with them. Francois is a(n)
A) team leader.
B) first-line manager.
C) board manager.
D) monitoring manager.
E) upper-level manager.

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Top managers make long-term decisions about the overall direction of the organization. They need to pay a lot of attention to the environment outside the organization, being alert for long-run opportunities and problems and devising strategies for dealing with them. Thus, executives at this level must be future-oriented, dealing with uncertain, highly competitive conditions.

Francois Pays a Lot of Attention to the Environment Outside