LIVESTOCK BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

1. Dr VISHNU DEV R S
B V Sc & A H
COVAS MANNUTHY

2.  An organization is a systematic arrangement
of people brought together to accompilsh
some specific purpose
 All organizations have three goals in
common. These are

3.  Every organization has a distinct purpose,
expressed in terms of goals.
 People making decisions to establish the
purpose and performing variety of activities
to achieve the goals set.
 All developing structure may mean creating
rules and regulations,giving some members
supervisory control over other
members,forming work teams so that
organizational members know what they are
supposed to do.

4.  Operatives-who work directly on a job-no
responsibility
 Managers-who direct the activities of other
people in the organization.

5. 1)Top managers-responsible for making
decisions
2)Middle managers-they manage other
managers and are responsible for translating
the goals set by top management into
specific details that lower level managers
perform
3)First-line managers-responsible for directing
day to day activities of operatives.

6. MIDDLE MANAGER(STATE
DIVISION)
FIRST LINE MANAGER(DISTRICT
DIVISION)
TOP MANAGER(CEO)
OPERATIVES(FARMERS)

7.  Work specialization
 Unity of command
 Span of control
 Authority and responsibility
 Centralization versus decentralization
 departmentalization

8.  Work specialization- a job is broken down
into number of steps and each step is
completed by a separate individual.
Limitations-boredom,fatigue,stress,low
productivity,poor quality.
 Unity of command-earlier,each employer
should report to only one manager
now with computers,employees can
communicate with anyone else in the
organization without going through the
formal communication channels

9.  Span of control-managers who well trained
employees can function with a wider span.
Top managers need smaller span do middle
managers.
 Authority and responsibility
1)Line authority-right to direct the work
2)Staff authority-to support,assist,advise and
generally reduce some of their informational
burdens
3)Functional authority-specialized decisions

10.  Centralization versus Decentralization-
centralization is a function of how much
decision making authority is pushed down to
low levels in the organization.
 Departmentalization-activities in the
organization should be specialized and
grouped into departments
1)Functional-organize plant by production,
accounting,human resources and purchasing
specialists.
2)Product-focuses attention on major product
areas in the corporation.
3)Customer-particular type of customer the
organization seeks to reach can also dictate
employee grouping
4)Geographic-western,eastern,etc…