Introduction To Management and Organizations
Introduction To Management and Organizations
Introduction To Management and Organizations
Someone who coordinates and oversees the work of the other people so that organizational goals can be accomplished.
Top Managers
- Who are responsible for making organizationwide decisions.
Middle Managers
- Manage the work of first-line
managers.
First-line Managers
- Manage the work of nonmanagerial employees.
Management involves coordinating and overseeing the work activities of others so that their activities are completed efficiently and effectively.
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Planning
Defining goals, establishing strategies to achieve, developing plans to integrate and coordinate to activities. Arranging and structuring work to accomplish organizational goals. Working with and through people to accomplish goals.
Organizing
Leading
Informational roles - Monitor , disseminator , spokesperson. Decisional roles - Entrepreneur , disturbance handler , resources allocator.
Technical skills
Knowledge and proficiency in a specific field.
Human skills
The ability to work well with others people.
Conceptual skills
The ability to think and conceptualize abstract and complex situations concerning the organization.
An Organization Defined - A deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose (that individuals independently could not accomplish alone). Common Characteristics of Organizations - Have a distinct purpose (goal) - Composed of people - Have a deliberate structure