What is Omnipotent view of management?

Answer 1

The traditional view of managers is that they have virtually unlimited control over the organization and its purpose, functions and operations and therefore that they alone are responsible for all its successes and failures. This can be called the omnipotent view of management. There is a second, and growing, point of view that suggests that much of the successes and failures of organizations is determined by external factors that cannot be controlled by managers. This is the symbolic view of management. Most likely a combination of both points of view provides the best explanation of management power and control.