• Who are Managers?Where Do they work? • ORGANIZATION • A DELIBERATE ARRANGEMENT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH A SPECIFIC PURPOSE • CHARACTERISTICS 1. GOALS 2. PEOPLE 3. STRUCTURE How are mangers differ from nonmanagerial Employees? • NONMANAGERIAL EMPLOYEES • - people who work directly on a job or task and have no responsibility for overseeing the work of others (team members) • MANAGERS • -individuals in organizarion whor direct the work/activites of others • MANAGEMENT- the coordination and administration of tasks to attain a goal • Management is the sum of all activities that (i) determine objectives, plans, policies, and programs; (ii) secure men, materials, and machinery at a low cost; (iii) put all of these resources into operation through sound organization; (iv) direct and motivate men at work; and (v) supervises and controls all of these activities Definitions of management based on the writers/philosophers • 1.William Spriegal, "Management is that function of an enterprise which concerns itself with direction and control of the various activities to attain business objectives. Management is essentially an executive function; it deals with the active direction of the human effort." • 2.According to Mc Farland, "Management is defined for conceptual, theoretical and analytical purposes as that process by which managers create, direct, maintain and operate purposive organization through systematic, coordinated, co-operative human effort." • 3.According to Terry, "Management is not people; it is an activity like walking, reading, swimming or running. People who perform management can be designated as members of management or executive leaders. MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 1.Planning 2. Organizing 3. Staffing 4. Directing 5. Cordinating, and 6. Controlling MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 1.Planning- entails making decisions in the present regarding future goals and strategies for achieving them If people working in groups, they are expected to perform well, they must understand what has to be done, what tasks they must conduct to complete the task, and when it must be completed. • determining long and short-term objectives; • developing strategies and courses of action for achieving these objectives; and • formulating policies, into procedures, effect. and rules, among other things, for putting strategies and plans MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS
2.Organizing- identifying the activities required
to meet corporate objectives and carry out plans, grouping those activities into jobs, assigning these jobs and activities to departments and individuals, delegating responsibility and authority for performance, and providing support for activity synchronization on both a vertical and horizontal level • Identifying the activities needed to meet goals and put plans into action • Organizing the actions into self-contained jobs • Employee job assignments. • Delegation of authority allows them to do their duties and command the resources they require. • Creating a network of coordinating relationships MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 2.Organizing- Organizing is the basic process of combining and integrating human, physical, and financial resources in productive interrelationships to achieve company objectives. The structure of the organization is the consequence of the organizing process. It consists of a network of roles and authority-responsibility linkages, as well as organizational positions, duties, and responsibilities. MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 3.Staffing- Management process involves hiring suitable personnel to carry out the tasks after determining objectives, formulating strategies, policies, programs, procedures, and rules to achieve them, and identifying and grouping activities for the implementation of strategies, policies, programs, and so on MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS Process of Staffing 1. The process of determining the quantity and type of workers required is known as staffing planning. 2. Recruitment to attract a sufficient number of potential employees to apply for jobs in the company 3. Identifying the best-qualified candidates for the open positions 4. Placement, orientation, and induction 5. Transfers, promotions, terminations, and layoffs are all examples of staffing 6. Employee development and training MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 4.Directing- the process of motivating people to do their best work and contribute their full potential to the attainment of corporate objectives. The guiding function entails the following sub- functions: • Supervision- implies overseeing the work of subordinates by their superiors. It is the act of watching & directing work & workers. • Motivation- means inspiring, stimulating or encouraging the sub-ordinates with zeal to work. Positive, negative, monetary, non-monetary incentives may be used for this purpose. • Leadership- may be defined as a process by which manager guides and influences the work of subordinates in desired direction. MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 5.Coordinating- The process of establishing relationships between various sectors Of an organization so that they all pull in the same direction As a result, it is the process of connecting all of an organization's decisions, operations, activities, and efforts in order to achieve organizational goals through unity of action. MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 5.Controlling- process of monitoring actual organizational activities to see that they conform to planned activities and correcting flaws As a result, controlling entails the following steps: 1.Performance evaluation against predefined objectives. 2.Identifying departures from these objectives. Corrective activity to correct errors. LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT dividing line between different managerial positions within a company Administrative management (i.e., the highest level of management) and operational management (i.e., the lowest level of management) are the two types of management that we usually face (i.e., the lower level Of management). LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT Policy development, planning, and standardization are all "thinking” operations that fall within the administration umbrella. The "doing" role, such as implementing policies, is the focus of operational management. LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT 1. TOP MANAGEMENT of a company consists of owners/shareholders, Board of Directors, its Chairman, Managing Director, or the Chief Executive, or the General Manager or Executive Committee having key officers • ultimate source of authority, and it sets the company's goals, rules, and plans • policy-making body in charge of the company's overall direction and success The most important functions are: a.To determine the enterprise's objectives or goals; b.To develop policies and programs in order to achieve the set goals; c.To provide an organizational framework for carrying out the operations as planned; d.To gather the necessary funds, persons, materials, machinery, and procedures to carry out the plans; e.To maintain effective operational control; and f.To serve as the company's overall leader. LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT 2. MIDDLE MANAGEMENT consists of functional department heads, such as the purchasing manager, production manager, marketing manager, financial controller, and divisional and sectional officers • The job of middle management is to put top management's policies and plans into action. • It acts as a vital link between upper-level management and lower-level or operational management The key functions of middle management are as follows: a.To interpret upper management's policy directives. b.To develop their departments' organizational structures in order to achieve the goals outlined in various corporate policies. c.To find and hire qualified operative and managerial personnel. d.Assign tasks, jobs, and obligations to ensure that the plans are implemented i.on time. e.To assemble all of the instructions and hand them along to the supervisor. f.To encourage employees to achieve higher levels of productivity and to suitably reward them. g.To work cooperatively with other departments to ensure that the entire organization runs well. h.To compile reports and data on their departments' performance. i.To submit reports to upper management. j.Make appropriate recommendations to upper management for enhanced plan and policy execution.To determine the enterprise's objectives or goals; b.To develop policies and programs in order to achieve the set goals; c.To provide an organizational framework for carrying out the operations as planned; d.To gather the necessary funds, persons, materials, machinery, and procedures to carry out the plans; e.To maintain effective operational control; and f.To serve as the company's overall leader. LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT 3. LOWER LEVEL OR OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT made up of superintendents, foremen, and supervisors. • responsible for real operations • They have direct contact with the workers or rank and file • They'll have to rely on the workers to get the job done. They assign workers to various tasks, evaluate their performance, and report to middle management. • They are more concerned with management’s direction and control functions. They invest more time to overseeing the staff.