The President of our university, Dr.

Benz, held a three day retreat in August, In this retreat, President

Benz, with the help of his cabinet and administrative council, did the following: 1. Identified the critical
issues facing our university in the near future. Also, they prioritized these issues according to their
importance.

2.Reviewed our university’s progress up-to-date and discussed if the progress was according to
expectations. The enrollment figures, financial performance of endowment, quality of students, the
progress of assessment outcome programs were reviewed. Decisions were made to make sure the
University’s progress stays on track.

3. Led the group discussion on the basis of a book, Once upon a Campus by Daniel Seymore (1995). With
the help of this book, he tried to make everyone see how they and their departments make a difference
in the success of our university. He urged everyone to do better and be more responsive to student
needs and the changing educational environment.

4. At the end of the retreat, he asked the Provost, Dr. Drushal, to look into the issue of scheduling.
Deans’ council was given the responsibility of helping Dr. Drushal review and revise the current
scheduling process to make it more efficient for the students.

Questions

1. Is Dr. Benz a manager? Why or why not?

DR. BENZ IS A MANAGER

As he performed all the FUNCTIONS OF MANGMENT i.e. planning , controlling,leading and

controlling .

2. Which management functions are being performed by Dr. Benz? Identify each one of these functions.

Functions

1 )Planning

LINE” . Identified the critical issues facing our university in the near future. Also, they prioritized these
issues according to their importance.”

2) ORGANISING

LINE” Reviewed our university’s progress up-to-date and discussed if the progress was according to
expectations. The enrollment figures, financial performance of endowment, quality of students, the
progress of assessment outcome programs were reviewed. Decisions were made to make sure the
University’s progress stays on track.”

3) LEADING

LINE” . Led the group discussion on the basis of a book, Once upon a Campus by Daniel Seymore (1995).
With the help of this book, he tried to make everyone see how they and their departments make a
difference in the success of our university. He urged everyone to do better and be more responsive to
student needs and the changing educational environment”

4 ) CONTROLLING

LINE” At the end of the retreat, he asked the Provost, Dr. Drushal, to look into the issue of scheduling.
Deans’ council was given the responsibility of helping Dr. Drushal review and revise the current
scheduling process to make it more efficient for the students”.

2. How will the performance of these functions help our university?

1)It helps in increases efficiency: The aim of a manager is to reduce costs and increase productivity
through better planning, organising, directing, staffing and controlling the activities of the organisation.

2)It helps in achieving group goals: The task of a manager is to give a common direction to the individual
effort in achieving the overall goal of the organisation.

3)It helps in the development of society: organization has multiple objectives to serve the purpose of the
different groups that constitute it. In the process of fulfilling all these, management helps in the
development of the organisation and through that it helps in the development of society for ex by
providing good quality products and services, creates employment opportunities, adopts new techno-
logy for the greater good of the people and leads the path towards growth and development

4)It helps in achieving personal objectives: A manager motivates and leads his team in such a manner
that individual members are able to achieve personal goals while contributing to the overall
organisational objective.

5)it helps a dynamic organization: All organisations have to function in an environment which is
constantly changing. it helps people adapt to these changes so that the organisation is able to maintain
its competitive edge