The Emergence Machine

Manager

abstract · Work/Occupation · Level 8 · E11

E11Organizations

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A manager is a person who oversees a team or department, responsible for planning, organizing, and supervising the work of a team, which is a group of individuals that coordinate their behaviors and relationships to achieve shared goals.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “manager” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
manager
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0ManagerOrganizationTeamCooperationGroupBehaviorGoal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesStage ManagerL13ManagerL8BehaviorL5OrganizationL7TeamL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Behavior L5 (requires)
    A person who oversees a team or department, responsible for coordinating work and ensuring objectives are met.
  • Organization L7 (requires) Work/Occupation sense
    to understand the concept of organization as a system that emerges from behavior and requires society, cooperation, and group
  • Team L7 (requires) Work/Occupation sense
    A person responsible for planning, organizing, and supervising the work of a team or department to achieve specific goals and objectives.

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