Some people think that once you enter the management world of business you've made it, that all the hard work is done and you can pretty much sit back and let your subordinates do all the work. Earning the title of manager or being placed in a management position isn't something that people should take lightly because just as easily as the position is given to an individual it can be taken away. A management position entitles you to various responsibilities and duties.
Being in a management position doesn't mean you can relax and sit in the office all day and let everyone else do their work as well as yours, it doesn't mean you can come to work when ever you feel, it doesn't mean you can take extended lunches or skip employee meetings, it doesn't mean you can talk to your subordinates anyway you feel, neither does it mean that you can do as you please when you please.
But to me management does mean you've made it to the next step in becoming someone big in a corporation, it also means that you've gained a lot of subordinates and responsibilities that if not taken seriously can cause you to have your position and title taken away. Yes you may have it just a little easier as far as some of the daily duties are concerned but it gets a lot harder because instead of you having to answer to some supervisor you have to answer to the big wigs rather it be a district manager, a president of the department you are the supervising manager for or my favorite the ceo of the corporation you are employed. It means more long sometimes boring meetings that are either in the early morning hours or at night after everyone has left.
For instance I have two friends that are managers in two totally different fields ...