Manufacturing managers: their quality of working life

A postal survey to manufacturing managers in five different industry sectors was conducted to ascertain how manufacturing managers perceived their quality of working life. Questions asked centred on how motivated, rewarded, valued, empowered, career developed, satisfied with their job and their company the manufacturing managers considered themselves to be. Their views were contrasted with those expressed in the current literature and it was concluded that currently manufacturing managers believe themselves to be adequately valued, remunerated and motivated by their employing organisations. However their levels of esteem and job satisfaction, although satisfactory, could be improved through greater empowerment.