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LECTURE OUTLINES
Managers and Management
Meaning of “Management”
What Is an Organization?
Characteristics of an Organization
Organization Behavior
Functions of Management
Managerial Skills
Meaning of “Management”
Management has different meaning
Management is a process
Management is a discipline
Management is a human activity
Management is a career
What is an Organization?
A coordinated social unit, composed of a
group of people, which functions on a
relatively continuous basis to achieve a
common goal or set of goals.
Characteristics of an Organization
Organization Behavior
Organization Behavior
Provides a set of tools that allow:
People Managers
to understand, analysis, and To improve, enhance or change
describe behavior in the work behaviors so that individuals,
organization groups and all organization to
achieve their goals
Functions of Management
What Are the Basic Managerial Functions?
Planning
Controlling Organizing
Leading
Planning
Process of identifying and selecting appropriate
organizational goals and courses of action.
Steps in the Planning Process
• Deciding which goals the organization will follow
up.
• Deciding what courses of action to adopt to attain
those goals.
• Deciding how to allocate organizational resources.
• Strategy to adopt is not always immediately clear.
Organizing
• Involves grouping people into departments
according to the kinds of job-specific tasks they
perform
• Managers layout lines of authority and
responsibility
• Decide how to coordinate organizational
resources
Leading
• Present a clear organizational vision for its
members to accomplish, and energize and enable
employees so that everyone understands the part
they play in achieving organizational goals.
Controlling
• Task of managers is to evaluate how well
an organization has achieved its goals and
to take any corrective actions needed to
maintain or improve performance.
Managerial Skills
Conceptual skills
Human skills
Technical skills
Analytical skills :
Decision Making
Digital skills
Managerial Skills
Human skills
The ability to understand, alter, lead, and control
the behavior of other individuals and groups.
Technical skills
Job-specific skills required to perform a particular
type of work or occupation at a high level.
Managerial Skills
Analytical skills
The abilities to identify key factors, to understand
how they interrelate, and to understand the roles
they play in a situation as well as to diagnose and
evaluate
Managerial Skills
Decision Making
All managers must make decisions, and the
quality of these decisions determines their
degree of effectiveness.
A Manager’s decision –making skill in selecting a
course of action is greatly influenced by his/her
analytical skill.
Managerial Skills
Digital skills
Managerial skills comprising the conceptual
understanding of and ability to use computers,
telecommunications, and digital technology.