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Management is
nothing more than
Motivating
other people.
Lee Iacocca (1924 - )
Planning
Setting performance
Objectives & deciding
How to achieve them
Organizing
Controlling Arranging tasks, people,
Measuring performance The
& other resources
& taking action to Management
To accomplish the work
Ensure desired results Process
Leading
Inspiring people to
Work hard to achieve
High performance
.
PLANNING
Managers use logic
& methods to think
through goals &
actions
ORGANIZING
CONTROLLING
Managers arranged &
Managers make
allocate work authority
sure org is
& resources to achieve
moving towards org
organization goals
objectives
LEADING
Managers direct,
Influence, & Motivation
employees to perform
essential tasks
Liaison Serves as connecting link with important others outside the unit or organization. (calls on
government officials to push for lower traiffs by Japan
Informational Roles
Monitor Seeks out and receives relevant information. (Requests information from vice-presidents
regarding current sales, production levels.)
Disseminator Circulates and transfers relevant information (Shares info at weekly Monday meeting of key
managers)
Spokesperson Makes official statements to outsiders. (Conducts meetings with stock analysts, sharing company
forecasts for profits, growth)
Decisional Roles
Entrepreneur Tackles special problems, seeks change that will improve the unit or org.(visits foreign counties,
selling licensing or mfg agreements.
Disturbance Responds to problems and pressures among employees or units, resolves conflicts. (Reconciles
handler dispute among vice presidents over styling changes for new model.)
Resource allocator Decides why when how for what, & to whom organizational resources are allocated. (Determines
finalized dept budgets for the fiscal year)
Negotiator Bargains with subordinates, other organizational units, or outsiders to reach agreements. (Calls
key supplier to help negotiate contract for purchased parts)
Leader Responsible for the motivation & activation of Performing virtually all
subordinates; responsible for staffing, training, activities that involve
& associated duties subordinates
Liaison Maintains self-developed network of outside
contacts & informers who provide favors &
information
Informational Seeks & receives wide variety of special info Reading periodicals &
Monitor (much of it current) to develop thorough- reports; maintaining
understanding of org & environment; emerges personal contacts
as nerve center of internal & external info about
the org
Contd….
Mgt of Tech Org & Practice Dr. Sajid 18
Contd…
7. Mgrs use lot of contacts. Consistent with their high level of verbal
communication, mgrs continually exchange info with superiors,
peers, subordinates, & outsiders on ongoing basis.
8. Mgrs are not reflective planners. Typical mgr is too busy to find
uninterrupted blocks of time for reflective planning.
9. Information is basic ingredient of mgr’s work. Mgrs spend most
of their time obtaining, interpreting, & giving info.
10. Mgrs don’t know how they spend their time. Mgrs consistently
overestimate the time they spend on production, reading & writing,
phone calls, thinking, & calculating & consistently underestimate
time spent on meeting & informal discussions.
Contd….
Mgt of Tech Org & Practice Dr. Sajid 21
Efficiency is concerned with means
Effectiveness with ends.
Means: Ends:
Efficiency Effectiveness
Goals
Low High
Waste attainment
Ability (A)
Motivation to manage (M)
Opportunity (O)
Contd…
Contd…
Change
Bigness
Govt.
Interference
Information
Globalization
Technological Innovation
• Information highways, the Internet,
microprocessors, and automated factories are
proliferating as technological innovations
change the way companies compete
Competitive Advantage
• Innovation demands more highly-skilled
employees
• Managers must build competitive advantages
through superior efficiency, quality, innovation,
and responsiveness
Organizational Ethics
• Managers must continually increase
performance while remaining ethical managers
Employers Stockholders
Government Customers
Characteristics of Excellence
Contd…
1) Quality of mgt;
2) quality of product or services;
3) innovativeness;
4) value of long-term investment financial soundness;
5) competence to attract,
6) develop, & keep good people;
7) corporate responsibility toward community as well as
environment
8) way corporate assets used.
Contd…
Mgt of Tech Org & Practice Dr. Sajid 54
Summary
Managing as practice is
art;
organized knowledge
about mgt is science.
•
• Anonymous
•
• George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Confucius
Mgt of Tech Org & Practice Dr. Sajid 67
Function of Mgt
Four Managerial
Functions:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling