Organization and Management

(MBA 001)

LESSON 1 – An Introduction
 COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course present the basic principles and concepts

which give a common reference outline within which
management is normally applied. It presents
management application to business as a whole and how
accepted traditional and current management trends and
practices are taken.
 At the end of the term, the students are expected to be
familiar with the basic concepts of management. Specifically,
the student should be able to:

1: To discern the relevance of the subject to the career and line

of specialization of the students
2: To help the students select the right business suited for them.
3: To appreciate the importance of small business
4: To solve simple and complex problems related to
management.
5: To point out the risk and high chance of failure if the quality
of management is weak or poorly planned
6: To broaden the horizon of the students in basic management
especially those who want to be in the mainstream of
entrepreneurship, and for those who are already in businesses
of their own, to further enhance their management
productivity.
 What Is An Organization?
 A formal and coordinated group of people who
function to achieve particular goals
 These goals cannot be achieved by individuals
acting alone
 An organization has a structure, discussed in depth
in Chapter
 Characteristics of an
Organization
 An organization has a structure.

 An organization consists of a group of

people striving to reach goals that
individuals acting alone could not achieve.
- People responsible for
directing the efforts aimed
at helping organizations
achieve their goals.
- A person who plans,
organizes, directs and
controls the allocation of
human, material, financial,
and information resources
in pursuit of the
organization’s goals.
 Management
 Management refers to the tasks and activities
involved in directing an organization or one of
its units: planning, organizing, Staffing,
controlling.
 The process of reaching organizational goals by
working with and through people and other
organizational resources.
Function: A classification referring to a group of
similar activities in an organization like marketing or
operations.
Functional Managers: A manager responsible for
just one organizational activity such as accounting,
human resources, sales, finance, marketing, or
production
General Managers: responsible for the operations
of more complex units—for example, a company or
division

 Oversee work of functional managers

 Responsible for all the activities of the unit
 Need to acquire strategic and multicultural
competencies to guide organization
Basic Managerial Functions
Organizing
Staffing

Planning Leading

Controlling
Management and Organizational
Resources
Basic Levels of Management

Top
Managers

Middle Managers

First-Line Managers

Nonmanagers
 Top Managers

 Responsible for providing the overall direction of an

organization
 Develop goals and strategies for entire organization
 Spend most of their time planning and leading
 Communicate with key stakeholders—stockholders,
unions, governmental agencies, etc., company
policies
 Use of multicultural and strategic action
competencies to lead firm is crucial
 Levels of Management
 First-line Managers: have direct responsibility for
producing goods or services Foreman, supervisors,
clerical supervisors
 Middle Managers:
 Coordinate employee activities
 Determine which goods or services to provide

 Decide how to market goods or services to customers

Assistant Manager, Manager (Section Head)

 Top Managers: provide the overall direction of an
organization Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice
President
 Assignment:

 Profile of a Manager
 -Local or Foreign
 -Talk about his traits as a manager
 -2 pages
 -with photo
 -To be submitted next Meeting
 Acknowledgement:

1.
Thank you very
much for
listening!