The document provides an overview of the CS8591 COMPUTER NETWORKS course, including its instructor, outcomes, and details on the first unit - Introduction and Physical Layer. Specifically, it outlines the topics that will be covered in the first unit, such as definitions of management, the evolution of management approaches, types of business organizations, and organizational culture and environment.

1. CS8591 COMPUTERNETWORKS
Unit I : Introduction and
Physical Layer
Course Instructor
Dr.S.Lavanya, ASP
Department of Computer Science Engineering

2. CS8591 COMPUTER NETWORKS - Syllabus

3. Outcomes of the lesson
1. will be able to have clear understanding of managerial functions
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4. Unit I Introduction to Management and
Organizations
Definition of Management – Science or Art – Manager Vs
Entrepreneur – types of managers -managerial roles and skills –
Evolution of Management – Scientific, human relations, system and
contingency approaches – Types of Business organization – Sole
proprietorship, partnership, company-public and private sector
enterprises – Organization culture and Environment – Current
trends and issues in Management.

5. Definition of Management
• Management is a process of planning, decision
making, organizing, leading, motivation and controlling
the human resources, financial, physical, and
information resources of an organization to reach its
goals efficiently and effectively.
• Management involves coordinating and overseeing the
work activities of others so that their activities are
completed efficiently and effectively.

6. Nature and Characteristics of Management
Multidisciplinary
Continuous process
Universal activity
Science as Well as an Art
Dynamic and not Static
Profession
Group activity
Aims at obtaining wealthy resul
Skills and Experience in gettin
things done through people
System of authority
Intangible
Good Leadership

7. Functional areas of Management
•Financial Management
•Human Resource Management
•Marketing Management
•Production Management
•Material Management
•Purchasing Management
•Maintenance Management
•Office Management

8. Objective of Management
•Getting maximum results with minimum efforts.
•Increasing the efficiency of factors of production
•Maximum prosperity for employer and employees
•Human betterment & Social Justice
•Reduces Cost
•Establishes Equilibrium
•Establishes Sound Organization

9. What Is Management?
•Managerial Concerns
•Efficiency
•“Doing things right”
•Getting the most output for the least inputs
•Effectiveness
•“Doing the right things”
•Attaining organizational goals

10. Effectiveness and Efficiency in
Management

11. Function of Management
• According to George & Jerry
• Planning, Organizing, Actuating, & Controlling
• According to Henry Fayol
• Plan, Organize, Command & Control
• Luther Gullick (POSDCORB)
• Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Direction, Coordinating , Reporting, &
Budgeting
• Koontz & O’DONNEL
• Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, & Controlling

12. Function of Management
Controlling
Directing
Staffing
Organising
Planning

13. Planning
•What to Do? When to Do? How to Do? Who is to Do?
•The planning process involves the following activities
•Determination of the goal of the Organization
•Formulating policies, rules, procedures etc. for the organization
•Forecasting the future based on past and present activities

14. Organising
•Identification and analysis of activities required for the
attainment organisational objective
•Assignment of duties to the individuals concerned
•Follow up the activities

15. Staffing
•Selecting candidate for position
•Fixing salary
•Training
•Developing them for effective organization function
•Performance Appraisal
•Promotions & Transfer

16. Directing/Leading
•Guiding
•Supervising
•Motivation
•Leadership
•Communication

17. Controlling
•Establishing standard
•Measuring current performance
•Comparing this performance to the established
standards
•Taking corrective actions of deviation are detected

18. Management – Science or Art
•Management is science because of several reasons. They are
universally accepted principles, it has cause and effect relationship,
etc.
•it is art as it requires perfection through practice, practical
knowledge, creativity, personal skills, etc. Management is both art
and science.

19. Levels of Management

21. Who Are Managers?
•Managers are the people in the organization
responsible for developing and carrying out this
management process. The four primary functions of
managers are planning, organizing, leading, and
controlling.

22. Types of Manager
•Purchase manager- Who is responsible for procuring the raw materials in a
company
•Production manager- Who is responsible for managing the manufacturing process.
•IT manager- Who is responsible for supervising all computing and IT
communication related issues.
•Marketing manager- Who is responsible for supervising the promotion and
advertising of the company’s products/services.

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26. Managerial Skills

27. Role of Manager

28. Interpersonal
• Figurehead
• Symbolic head, obliged to perform a number of routine duties
of a legal or social nature
• Leader
• Responsible for the motivation and activation of subordinates;
responsible for staffing, training and associated duties
• Liaison (Link)
• Maintains self-developed network of outside contacts and
informers who provide favors and information.

29. Informational
• Monitor
• Seeks and receives wide Varity of special information to
develop thorough understanding of organization and
environment; emerges as nerve internal and external
information of the organization.
• Disseminator
• Transmits information received from outsiders or from other
subordinates to members of the organization.
• Spokesperson
• Transmit information to outsiders on organization’s plans,
policies, actions, results, etc.,

30. Decisional
• Entrepreneur
• Searches organization and it environment for opportunities
and initiates :improvement projects” to bring about change;
supervises design of certain projects as well.
• Disturbance handler
• Responsibility for corrective action when organization faces
important, unexpected disturbance.
• Negotiator
• Responsible for representing the organization at major
negotiations

31. Entrepreneur Vs Manager