The document provides an overview of project management concepts as taught at Gollis University, focusing on the definition of management, its functions, and the evolution of management principles. It emphasizes the importance of effective management for achieving organizational goals and highlights key management functions such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The text also includes a discussion on the impact of 20th vs. 21st-century organizational changes and the role of management in facilitating productivity and efficiency.

1. PROJECT PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT:
GOLLIS UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
SEMESTER SIX

2. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO
PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
 Management
 Key management concepts
 Functions of management
 Comparison of 20th and 21st century
organizations
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3. CHAPTER 1:
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INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

4. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES:
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At the end of this Chapter, you should able
to:
 Identify the meaning of the word
“Management”
 Explain Management Concepts
 Discuss the Functions of Management
 Distinguish between the 20th and 21st Century
Organizations.

5. WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?
 Management is the art of getting things done
through and with people in formally organized
groups.
 Management is the process of designing and
maintaining an environment in which individuals,
working together in groups, efficiently
accomplish selected aims towards any project. It
is the art of creating an environment in which
people can perform as individuals and yet
cooperate towards the attainment of group
goals.
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6. Management as a Process:
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 According to this, management is the process
of using organizational resources to achieve
the organization’s goals through planning,
organizing, staffing, leading, and
controlling.
 It is thus, a set of activities directed at an
organization’s resources with the aim of
achieving organizational goals in an efficient
and effective manner.

7. Management as People:
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 This refers to a group of people who
engage in the Process of
Management.

8. Key Management Concepts:
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 Organization: It comprises of people working
together and coordinating their actions to achieve
specific goals.
 Goal: A desired future condition that the
organization seeks to achieve.
 Resource: An asset, competency, process, skill, or
knowledge controlled by organization. Various
types of resources that an organization possesses
are as follows:
 People
 Information
 Machinery
 Financial capital
 Raw Materials

9. Evolution of Management
Concept in the Modern Era:
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 Frederick Taylor – Father of Scientific
Management was a Mechanical Engineer. He
invented high speed steel cutting tools. He got
the opportunity to know first hand problems and
attitudes of the workers. Based on these he
identified that in order to improve the quality of
management, the major concern was to increase
efficiency in production, lower cost, raise profits
through higher productivity, and also increase the
pays/salaries of the workforce.

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 Taylor’s message of management was to give
people their best opportunities to be productive,
and in turn reward workers for their individual
productivity. This increase in labor productivity is
not possible without the following:
 Providing sufficient or full rewards
 Adequate trainings
 Continuous managerial support
 Thus, Fredrick Taylor concluded that “low
productivity in any project is matter of
ignorance on part of labor and
management”.

11. Key Aspects of the Management
Process:
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 The key aspects of the Management Process
can be explained with the help of the following
diagram:

12. Functions of Management:
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 The process of management consists of four
basic managerial functions. These are:
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing/Leading
Controlling

13. Management Functions: Planning, Organizing, Leading &
Controlling:
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14. Levels of Management:
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Top Level
Middle Level
First-line Level
Operatives

15. Economic And Social Forces Driving Need For Major Changes in
Organizations:
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16. CONCLUSION:
 In the light of the above discussions on
the concepts and aspects of management,
we can conclude that effective
management is inevitable in every
organization.
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17. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
 Critically discuss the concept of
management from your own perspective.
 Is management negative or positive to
organizational existence? Discuss.
 Discuss the importance of management to
organizations.
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