2.  Organized activity
 Process
 Goal oriented
 Dynamic
 Discipline
 Relationship among resources
 Decision making

3.  Help in achieving objectives
 Promotes effectiveness
 Develop ability
 Employee welfare
 Interaction with environment

4. Management as science
 Advances by knowledge
 Proves
 Predicts
 Defines
 Measures
 Causal relationship
 Universal application

5. Management as Art
 Advances by practice
 Feels
 Guesses
 Describes
 Opines
 Expresses

6.  Top
◦ -Plan, integrate, lay policies, cater to demand of
external environment
 Middle
◦ -Communicate to lower level, plans and policies for
departments, bridge
 Lower
◦ -supervise, train, plan day to day operations

7.  Conceptual
 Technical
 Human

8.  Planning
 Organizing
 Directing
 Controlling

9.  P-PLANNING
 O-ORGANISING
 D-DIRECTING
 S-STAFFING
 CO-CONTROLLING
 R-REPORTING
 B-BUDGETING

10.  Interpersonal roles
-figurehead
-leader
-liaison

11. Informational Roles
-monitors
-disseminator
-spokesperson

12.  Decisional roles
-entrepreneurs
-disturbance handler
-resource allocator
-negotiator

13.  Is your course instructor a manager? Discuss
in terms of managerial functions and roles.

14.  Is there one best style of management? Why?
Why not?

15.  Why are skills of candidate important to
employers? What are its implications to (1)
manager in general (2) you personally