Answer the following questions!

In order to gain insight into the management strategy related to the roles and functions of a manager, you will utilize Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.("MSD"), a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. as a focus company and respond to the following questions:

1. Enter the MSD Jobs section and type "management" in the "Search from below list" search box. Next, select a management-related job posting, review the qualifications, skills, and experience required and assume that you were hired for the position. Characterize the three roles that are part of a manager's job by addressing the following:
   1. Interpersonal Roles: provide an explanation of this type of management role. Next, give two examples of the types of interpersonal relationships and interactions that you could expect to experience.
   2. Informational Roles: provide an explanation of this type of management role. Next, give two examples of the types of informational activities that you could expect to experience.
   3. Decisional Roles: provide an explanation of this type of management role. Next, give two examples of the types of decisions that you could expect to make.
2. Discuss the impact of key management theories on an organization's current practices by addressing the following:
   1. Scientific Management: define the area of focus for this theory and provide an example of how you believe that MSD would utilize this approach in its organization's current management practices.
   2. Bureaucracy: review the organizational chart for MSD's parent company, Merck. Next, utilize this information to define the area of focus for this theory and provide an example of how you believe that MSD would utilize this approach in its organization's current management practices.
   3. Human Relations: define the area of focus for this theory and provide an example of how you believe that MSD would utilize the social, compliance, and conflict resolution approaches in its organization's current management practices.
3. Based on your employment as a manager in the MSD role from the first requirement, apply the five management functions for organizational effectiveness by addressing the following:
   1. Planning: provide one example of the type of planning that you could engage in for this position and how it would help to achieve organizational effectiveness.
   2. Organizing: provide one example of the type of organizing that you could engage in for this position and how it would help to achieve organizational effectiveness.
   3. Staffing: provide one example of the type of staffing that you could engage in for this position and how it would help to achieve organizational effectiveness.
   4. Controlling: provide one example of the type of control that you could engage in for this position and how it would help to achieve organizational effectiveness.
   5. Directing: provide one example of the type of directing that you could engage in for this position and how it would help to achieve organizational effectiveness.