Managers and management

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Tell who managers are and where they work Define management Describe managers do Why its important to study management The factors that changing management ( globalization)

Tell who managers are and where they work Organization A deliberate arrangement of people brought together to accomplish specific purpose Characteristic: Goals People Structure

How are managers different from nonmanagerial employees Nonmanagerial employees, people who work on a job or a task and have no responsibility for overseeing the work of other. Examples: team members Managers, individuals in organizations who direct the activities of others

Management level

What titles do manager have? Top managers make decisions about the directions (President, CEO, Vice President) Middle managers manage the activities of other managers (Division manager) First line managers direct nonmanagerial employees (supervisor)

Define management What is management Process of getting things done effectively and efficiently, with and through people

Effectiveness, doing the right things: the tasks that help an organization reach its goals Effectively, doing the things right: the efficient use of such resources as people, money, and equipment

What managers do

In the functions approach proposed by French industrialist Henri Fayol, all managers perform certain activities or functions

Planning, defining the organizational purpose and ways to achieve it Organizing, arranging and structuring work to accomplish organizational goals Leading, directing the work activities of others Controlling, monitoring, comparing, and correcting work performance