Dan Duquette was the general manager of the Boston Red Sox Baseball team that signed hitting star Manny Ramierz to a multi million dollar contract in 1991.
A general manager of a sports team is responsible for the smooth operation of the business. He or she is responsible for the financial and staff related issues.
The General Manager is responsible for the entire dealership. each department in a dealership has a manager, service manager, parts manager, sales manager, but the general manager is captain of the ship,
A General Manager is responsible for all areas of the organization. This manager oversees, plans, and delegates the tasks at a higher level than a regular manager.
There are no classes in becomming a baseball general manager. You would however need a business degree.
Function mangers typically manage a certain aspect of a business. General Manager over see every aspect of a business depending on what the business is. But general managers are accountable for everyone and everything, where as the functional manager is only responsible to overlook one thing.
The New England Patriots do not have a General Manager. Head coach Bill Belichick is in charge of the tasks a General Manager would be responsible for. Robert Kraft is CEO, his son Jonathan Kraft is president of the organization.
The highest paid general manager in baseball is the Yankees Brian Cashman, whom earns $2 million dollars this season (the final year of his contract). The mean salary for Major League baseball general managers is about $650,000.
George W. Bush was the General Manager of the Texas Rangers.
A team president concerns himself or herself with all aspects of the baseball team, including the office personnel. A General Manager tends to deal only with the actual game side of the team, meaning hiring and firing managers, and drafting players and signing free agents.
General Manager for the Chicago Cubs.
Billy Beane
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds was the last player-manager in baseball.