The document discusses the basic skills needed for management, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, and reporting. However, it states that human interaction skills like respect, understanding, and involvement are also necessary for effective management. It provides details on developing different types of plans, organizing teams, staffing appropriately, directing through both hands-on and hands-off approaches, coordinating groups versus controlling processes, and effectively reporting information.

1. Basic Management Skills
by John Ostrowski
Overview
• Planning, organizing, staffing,
directing, coordinating, reporting:
necessary but not sufficient
• Need human interaction skills
–Respect
–Understanding
–Involvement

2. PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
Types of plan
• Comprehensive
• Annual work plan
• Long-range plan
• Strategic planning COORDINATING
REPORTING

3. PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
• Prior organizational
decisions
• Make organization work
for you
• Make organization match
reality COORDINATING
REPORTING

4. PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
• Have a plan
• Work with HR department
• Work with what you have
• Assess strengths and
weaknesses
• Match personalities to jobs COORDINATING
REPORTING

5. PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
• Need for vision
• Knowing your options
• Hands-off vs. hands-on
–Off when things are going
well
–On when correction avoids
pain COORDINATING
REPORTING

6. PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
• Types of problems
–Productivity
–Behavior
• Understanding human behavior
–Respect
–Listen
–Involve
COORDINATING
REPORTING

7. PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
Coordinating vs. Controlling
• Control processes
• Coordinate people
–Functions
–Decentralized operations
COORDINATING
REPORTING

8. PLANNING
ORGANIZING
STAFFING
DIRECTING
• The need for reports
• The need for focus
• The need for brevity
• The need for clarity COORDINATING
REPORTING