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Chapter
1
Managers and Managing
Learning Objectives
 Describe what management is, why management is
important, what managers do, and how managers
utilize organizational resources efficiently and
effectively to achieve organizational goals
 Distinguish among planning, organizing, leading, and

controlling (the four managerial functions), and
explain how managers’ ability to handle each one
can affect organizational performance
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Learning Objectives
 Differentiate among three levels of management,
and understand the responsibilities of managers at
different levels in the organizational hierarchy
 Identify the roles managers perform, the skills they

need to execute those roles effectively and the way
new information technology is affecting these roles
and skills
 Discuss the principal challenges managers face in

today’s increasingly competitive global environment
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What is Management?
The planning, organizing, leading, and

controlling of human and other
resources to achieve organizational
goals effectively and efficiently
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Managers
Managers –
The people responsible for supervising the
use of an organization’s resources to
meet its goals
Resources include material, man (people),
skills, knowledge, machinery,
computers and IT,
and financial capital (money)
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Organizational Performance (1)
A measure of how efficiently and

effectively managers are using
organizational resources to satisfy
customers and achieve goals
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Organizational Performance (2)
Efficiency
A measure of how well or productively
resources are used to achieve a goal
Effectiveness
A measure of the appropriateness of the
goals an organization is pursuing and the
degree to which they are achieved.
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Value for Money (8E)
1. Economies
2. Efficiency
3. Effective
4. Ecology (Environmentally)
5. Equity (in Equality)
6. Ethical
7. Efficacy
8. Ellegance (aestethics)
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Why study management?
Understanding what managers do
and how they do it is of central
importance:
 To understanding how a society works
and how it creates wealth
 To help people deal with their bosses
and coworkers
 To open a path to a well-paying job and
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Managerial Functions
 Managers at all levels in all
organizations perform each of the
functions of planning, organizing,
leading, and controlling
 Henri Fayol outlined the four
managerial functions in his book
General Industrial Management
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Four Functions of Management
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Planning
Process of identifying and

selecting
appropriate
goals and
courses of
action
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Steps in the Planning Process
 Deciding which goals to pursue

 Deciding what courses of action to
adopt
 Deciding how to allocate resources
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Organizing
Process of establishing a structure of

working relationships in a way that
allows organizational members to work
together to achieve organizational goals
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Organizational Structure
A formal system of task and reporting

relationships that coordinates and
motivates organizational members
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Leading
Articulating a clear vision to follow, and

energizing and enabling organizational
members so they understand the part
they play in attaining organizational
goals
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Leading
 Leadership involves using power,
influence, vision, persuasion, and
communication skills
 Outcome of leadership is highly

motivated and committed organizational
members
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Controlling
 Evaluating how well an organization is
achieving its goals and taking action to
maintain or improve performance
The outcome of the control process is the

ability to measure performance accurately
and regulate efficiency and effectiveness
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Types & Levels of Management
Figure 1.3
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Types of Managers
First line managers - Responsible for
day-to-day operations. Supervise people
performing activities required to make
the good or service
Middle managers - Supervise first-line

managers. Are responsible to find the
best way to use departmental resources
to achieve goals
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Types of Managers
Top managers - Responsible for the

performance of all departments and
have cross-departmental responsibility.
Establish organizational goals and
monitor middle managers
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Relative Amount of Time That Managers Spend
on the Four Managerial Functions
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Figure 1.4
Areas of Managers
Department
A group of people who work together
and possess
similar skills
or use the same
knowledge, tools,
or techniques
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Restructuring
Involves the use of IT to downsize or

rationalize an organization by
eliminating the jobs of large numbers of
top, middle, or first-line managers and
non-managerial employees
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Outsourcing
 Contracting with another company, usually
in a low cost country abroad, to perform an
activity the company previously performed
itself
 Promotes efficiency by reducing costs and
allowing an organization to make better use
of its remaining resources
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Empowerment
Expanding or intensifying employees’

knowledge, tasks, and responsibilities
by using powerful new software
programs
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Self-managed teams
Groups of employees with the
responsibility for supervising their own
actions such that the team can
monitor its members and the quality of
the work performed
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Managerial Roles and Skills
Managerial role - The set of specific
tasks that a person is expected to
perform because of the position he or
she holds in the organization
Mintzberg identified three categories

of roles – Decisional, Informational,
Interpersonal
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Decisional Roles
Roles associated with methods managers use in
planning strategy and utilizing resources:
Entrepreneur—deciding which new projects or programs
to initiate and to invest resources in.
Disturbance handler—managing an unexpected event or
crisis.
Resource allocator—assigning resources between
functions and divisions, setting the budgets of lower
managers.
Negotiator—reaching agreements between other
managers, unions, customers, or shareholders.
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Informational Roles
Roles associated with the tasks needed to obtain
and transmit information in the process of
managing the organization.
Monitor—analyzing information from both the internal
and external environment.
Disseminator—transmitting information to influence the
attitudes and behavior of employees.
Spokesperson—using information to positively influence
the way people in and out of the organization respond
to it.
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Interpersonal Roles
Roles that managers assume to provide direction
and supervision to both employees and the
organization as a whole:
Figurehead—symbolizing the organization’s mission and
what it is seeking to achieve.
Leader—training, counseling, and mentoring high
employee performance.
Liaison—linking and coordinating the activities of people
and groups both inside and outside the organization.
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Being a Manager:
orchestrated, logical, orderly process vs quick, emotionally,
gut feeling, overloaded responsibilities.
High
HighVariety
Variety:: Fragmentation
Fragmentation::
problems
problemsenormous
enormous problems
problemssimultaniously
simultaniously
Managerial
Managerial
Problems
Problems
Brevity
Brevity::
Snap/quickness
Snap/quickness
decision
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Managerial Skills
 Conceptual skills
The ability to analyze and diagnose a situation and
distinguish between cause and effect.
 Human skills
The ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the
behavior of other individuals and groups.
 Technical skills
The specific knowledge and techniques required to
perform an organizational role.
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Skill Types Needed
Figure 1.5 1-36

Competencies
Specific set of skills, abilities, and
experiences that gives one manager
the ability to perform at a higher level
than another manager in a particular
organizational setting
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Challenges for Management in
a Global Environment
 Rise of Global Organizations.
 Building a Competitive Advantage
 Maintaining Ethical and Socially Responsible

Standards
 Managing a Diverse Workforce
 Utilizing Information Technology and E-

commerce
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Building a Competitive
Advantage
1. Increasing Efficiency
2. Increasing Quality
3. Increasing Speed, Flexibility, and
Innovation
4. Increasing Responsiveness to
Customers
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Building Blocks of Competitive
Advantage
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Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

 Distinguish among planning, organizing, leading, and

 Identify the roles managers perform, the skills they

 Discuss the principal challenges managers face in

The planning, organizing, leading, and

A measure of how efficiently and

Process of identifying and

 Deciding which goals to pursue

Process of establishing a structure of

A formal system of task and reporting

Articulating a clear vision to follow, and

 Outcome of leadership is highly

The outcome of the control process is the

Middle managers - Supervise first-line

Top managers - Responsible for the

Involves the use of IT to downsize or

Expanding or intensifying employees’

Mintzberg identified three categories

Figure 1.5 1-36

 Maintaining Ethical and Socially Responsible

 Utilizing Information Technology and E-

Figure 1.6 1-40

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