Uvodno se obrazlaže uloga menadžmenta u organizaciji i poslovanju poduzeća. Navode se bitne značajke top menadžmenta obzirom na hijerarhiju upravljanja, zadaće i odgovornosti u organizaciji i prema okruženju. Nadalje, s pozicije top menadžmenta navode se specifičnosti u upravljanju poduzećem u šumarskom sektoru. Na primjeru poduzeća „Hrvatske šume“ prikazuju se sastav top menadžerskog tima te zahtjevi vezani za njihove zadaće u upravljanju poduzećem.

The introduction explains the role of the management in the organisation and business affairs ot the company. The paper also lists the essential features of top management according to the hierarchy of management, tasks and responsibilities in the organisation and towards the environment. Furthermore, the specificities of company management in the forestry sector are explained from the position of top management. Using the example of the company „Hrvatske šume“ the composition of the top management team is shown as well as the requests related to their tasks in the company management.