Introduction To Management and Organizations

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Chapter 1 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

Doing things right


- Getting the most output for the least inputs.

Effectiveness

Doing the right things


- Attaining organizational goals.

Functions they perform.

Roles they play.

Skills they need.

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

Monitoring, comparing, and correcting work.


Controlling

Interpersonal roles - Figurehead , leader , liasion.

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

Prepared by : Shaik Adam Hasib

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