Overview of Principles

of Management
Who are managers and where do they
work?
 Manager - Someone who coordinates and oversees
the work of other people so that organizational
goals can be accomplished

 First-line Managers
 Middle Managers
 Top Manangers
Who are managers and where do they
work?
 Organization - A deliberate arrangement of
people to accomplish some specific purpose
Who are managers and where do they
work?
 first-line managers - Managers at the lowest level of management who
manage the work of nonmanagerial employees

 middle managers - Managers between the lowest level and top levels of
the organization who manage the work of first-line managers

 top managers - Managers at or near the upper levels of the

organization structure who are responsible for making organization-
wide decisions and establishing the goals and plans that affect the
entire organization
What Do Managers Do?

 Management - Coordinating and overseeing the work

activities of others so that their activities are
completed efficiently and effectively.

 Efficiency - Doing things right, or getting the most

output from the least amount of inputs.

Effectiveness - Doing the right things, or completing

activities so that organizational goals are attained.
What Do Managers Do?

 Planning - Management function that involves setting

goals, establishing strategies for achieving those
goals, and developing plans to integrate and
coordinate activities

 Organizing- Management function that involves

arranging and structuring work to accomplish the
organization’s goals
What Do Managers Do?

 Leading- Management function that involves working

with and through people to accomplish organizational
goals.
What Do Managers Do?

 Leadership Styles
Autocratic Style - A leader who dictates work methods,
makes unilateral decisions, and limits employee participation

Democratic Style - A leader who involves employees in

decision making, delegates authority, and uses feedback as
an opportunity for coaching employees

Laissez-faire Style - A leader who lets the group make

decisions and complete the work in whatever way it sees fit
What Do Managers Do?

 Communication Networks - The variety of patterns of

vertical and horizontal flows of organizational
communication.
What Do Managers Do?

 Leading- Management function that involves working

with and through people to accomplish organizational
goals.

 Controlling
- Management function that involves
monitoring, comparing, and correcting work
performance.
Management Skills
Management Skills
 Technical Skills - Job-specific knowledge and
techniques needed to proficiently perform work
tasks

 Human Skills - The ability to work well with other

people individually and in a group

 Conceptual Skills - The ability to think and to

conceptualize about abstract and complex
situations
Why Study Management?
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