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- 2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After going through this chapter, you will be able to
understand:
•the concept and process of management
•the various functions of management
•the characteristic features of management and its
different dimensions
•the importance of management in studying
organizational structures and systems
•modern management thoughts
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- 3. A BACKDROP TO MANAGEMENT
An organization is made of a group of people with
some specific goals, objectives, and activities.
Organization is also defined as the relations among
the components of a system.
Organization structure denotes the components and
relations that bind the people working within the
organization.
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- 4. A BACKDROP TO MANAGEMENT
(contd)
People issues encompass education, training, and
attitudes.
Organization issues cover strategy, policy, culture,
and bureaucracy.
Technology issues encompass hardware, software,
telecommunications, and information systems.
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- 5. NATURE AND PROCESS OF
MANAGEMENT
Operationally, management can be defined as a
dynamic process that helps to get things done,
through and with the efforts of people.
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- 6. DIMENSIONS OF MANAGEMENT
The definitions of management can be categorized
into different approaches according to their different
dimensions:
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Productivity
orientation
Human-relations
orientation
Decision-making
orientation
Leadership
orientation
Process
orientation
- 7. FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
Fayol (1949), the founder of modern management
theory, divided all the activities of an organization
into six groups:
1. technical
2. commercial
3. financial
4. security
5. accounting
6. managerial
Principles are rules and guidelines, while elements are
functions of management.
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- 8. FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
(contd)
Fayol has grouped the elements into five managerial
functions:
1. planning
2. organizing
3. commanding
4. coordinating
5. controlling
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- 9. FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
(contd)
Another way of describing the functions of
management is to consider them as a series of
interrelated functions constituting a process.
Planning Organizing Staffing Leading Coordinating Controlling
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Functions of
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- 10. CHARACTERISTICS OF
MANAGEMENT
The following are certain important features of the
discipline of management:
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•organized activities
•aligned with organizational objectives
•optimizes constraining resources
•works with and through people
•decision making
•science as well as an art
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- 11. •universal
•intangible
•an interdisciplinary approach
•a social process
•a system of authority
•dynamic
•principles are relative and not absolute
•a profession
•a strategic function
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CHARACTERISTICS OF
MANAGEMENT (contd)
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- 12. SIGNIFICANCE OF MANAGEMENT
Management is important due to the following
reasons:
•It optimizes use of scarce resources
•It ensures effective leadership and motivation
•It promotes harmony among industrial relations
•It facilitates the achievement of goals
•It facilitates change and growth
•It enhances the quality of life
•It improves productivity
•It contributes to organizational competitiveness
•It develops professionalism
•It contributes to organizational growth
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- 13. DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO
MANAGEMENT
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History of
management
Classical
approach
Scientific
management
approach
Administrative
approach
Bureaucratic
approach
Neo-classical
approach
Behavioural
sciences
approach
Quantitative
approach
Contingency
approach
Modern
approach
- 14. CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRE-CLASSICAL
THEORISTS
The pre-classical theorists focussed on developing
some specific techniques to solve some identified
problems.
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- 15. CONTRIBUTIONS OF CLASSICAL
THEORISTS
The theorists of the classical school laid down the
foundation of managing an organization in
accordance with certain principles.
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- 16. CHARACTERISTICS OF
BUREAUCRATIC THEORY
The bureaucratic theory emphasizes authority
structures and description of an organization based
on the authority relations.
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- 17. MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE
BEHAVIOURAL SCHOOL
The behavioural school of management emphasizes
the human element in an organization.
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- 18. MODERN APPROACHES
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Modern
approaches
Quantitative
school of
thought
Management
science
approach
Operations
management
approach
Systems
theory
approach
Management
systems
approach
Contingency
theory
- 19. CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL OF
MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
The contemporary school of management thought
provides a framework of management practices
based on more recent trends like globalization, theory
Z concepts, McKinsey’s 7-S approach, excellence
models, and productivity and quality issues.
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- 20. CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL OF
MANAGEMENT THOUGHT (contd)
McKinsey’s 7-S framework developed by T. J. Peters
and R. H. Waterman (1982) identified seven
independent organizational factors that need to be
managed by today’s managers:
1. Strategy
2. Structure
3. Systems
4. Staff
5. Style
6. Superordinate goals (shared vision)
7. Skill
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- 21. CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL OF
MANAGEMENT THOUGHT (contd)
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- 22. DIFFERENT TYPES OF
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
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- 23. MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES
When objectives are set in a systematic manner,
consciously directed towards effective and efficient
achievement of organizational and individual targets,
it is known as management by objectives (MBO).
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- 25. MANAGERIAL ROLES
Managerial roles denote position-specific behavioural
patterns of managers.
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- 26. MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND
COMPETENCIES
Skill can be categorized as either generic or technical,
or entry-level or advanced. Conventionally,
skill can be defined as the amount of knowledge or
attributes deemed vital to organizational success.
There are four general types of skills:
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1. Technical
2. Supervisory
3. Interpersonal
4. General business
- 27. A skills inventory is a device for pinpointing
information about individuals and their suitability for
different jobs.
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- 28. Multi-skilling is the process of training employees in
specific skills that cross the traditional trade-specific
or craft-specific skill sets.
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COMPETENCIES
Competencies are sets of behaviours that encompass
skills, knowledge, abilities, and attributes.