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Management Skills and Functions Overview

The document outlines the basic concepts of management including why study management, the responsibilities of managers in terms of resources and functions, management skills and roles, the different levels and contexts of management. It discusses key management topics such as the qualities and skills of successful managers, the resources and functions of managers, and differences among manager levels and contexts that management is applied.

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Management Skills and Functions Overview

The document outlines the basic concepts of management including why study management, the responsibilities of managers in terms of resources and functions, management skills and roles, the different levels and contexts of management. It discusses key management topics such as the qualities and skills of successful managers, the resources and functions of managers, and differences among manager levels and contexts that management is applied.

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Chapter 1: Management and Entrepreneurship

Learning Objectives
• Why study Management?

• What does it take to be a successful manager?

• Discuss the basic responsibilities of a manager in terms of key


resources.

• What are the key Management Skills?

• What are the 4 key Management Functions?

• Discuss Mintzberg's management roles.

• What are the various levels of Management?

• What are the various contexts in which Management is


applied?
Management and Entrepreneurship
• Why Study Management?
Management and Entrepreneurship
What Does It Take to Be a Successful
Manager?
• Qualities?

• Skills?
Manager’s Responsibilities
• To himself or herself?

• Use of Resources?

• Performance of Functions?
Management’s Responsibilities

The Manager’s Resources


– Human
– Financial
– Physical
– Informational
●Management Skills
• Conceptual skills
• Diagnostic, analytical,
and critical-thinking
skills
• Quantitative reasoning
skills
• Time management skills

• Communication skills
• Team skills
• Diversity skills
• Power, political, negotiation,
and networking skills
• Motivation skills
• Conflict management skills • Familiarity and competence in the use of
business skills required for success on the
• Ethics skills
job.
Management Roles
Management Skills, Functions, and Roles
Differences Among Managers
• The Three Levels of Management
– Top managers
• CEO, president, or vice president
– Middle managers
• Sales manager, branch manager, or department
head
– First-line managers
• Crew leader, supervisor, head nurse, or office
manager
– Nonmanagement operative employees
• Workers in the organization who are supervised
by first-line managers
●Management Levels and Functional Areas
Skills/Functions performed at the
different Management levels
Contexts of Management
Management and
Entrepreneurship

1. What resources does Gap Inc. use to sell its


IDEAS ON MANAGEMENT at
merchandise?
Gap
2. What management Inc. are performed at
functions
Gap stores?
3. What levels and types of managers have
careers at Gap Inc.?
4. Is Gap Inc. entrepreneurial and/or
intrapreneurial?

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