Management.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 395.

1)There are many different defenitions of Management. The most popular is: Management is a set of activities, including planing & decision making, organizing, leading, & controlling, dierct at an organization's humans, financial, physical & informational resources, with the aim of acheaving organizationals goals in an efficient & effective manner.

Management is the process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives in a changing environment. Central to this process is the effective and efficient use of limited resources. 5 parts of the definition require close examination:

1) working with and through others;

2) organizational objectives;

3) effectiveness vs. efficiency;

4) limited resources;

5) changing environment.

Management is above all a social process. For whatever collective purpose that individuals are brought together managers are responsible for getting things done by working with and through others.

A manager is someone whose primary activities are a part of the management processe. Management plays a vital role in any business or organized activity. Management is composed of a team of managers who have charge of the organization at all levels.

2) The functions of management are:

1. Planinginvolves determining overall company objectives & deciding how these goals can best be achieved. Managers evaluate alternative plans & then check to see that the choosen plan fits into the objectives established at higher organizational levels. Planing is the most important part of Management, because other functions depend on it.

2. Organizingis a processe of putting the plan into action. In this phase, managers decide on the positions to be created & determine the associated duties & responsibilities.

3. In Directingmanagers guide, teach & motivate workers so that they reach their potential abilities & at the same time achieve the company goals.

4. In Controllingmanagers evaluate how well company objectives are being met. In order to complete this evaluation, managers must look at the objectives established in the planing phase & being completed.

3) All the directors together are general management. They meet in the boardroom and they are responsible for making the final decision. Sometimes there are non-executives directors, they are not managers of a company, they are outsiders, often directors of other companies who have particular knowledge of the industry or of particular areas. An executive is usually a manager of quite a high level (for example, a senior executive). A HR manager is responsible for everything connected to the human resources: recruiting, hiring, firing, training. Production manager is responsible for the process of production. Financial manager's work is connected to finance: he establishes salary, checks finance.

4) To be a successful manager one should avoid being:

1) insensitive to others, abrasive, intimidating, bullying style;

2) cold, aloof, arrogant;

3) betrayal of trust;

4) overly ambitious: thinking about next job, playing politics;

5) overmanaging: unable to delegate or build a team;

6) unable to staff effectively;

7) unable to think strategically;

8) unable to adapt to boss with different style;

9) overdependent on advocate or mentor.

If the important problems exist & goals are not being achieved, then changes need to be made in company structure. In making changes, managers might have to go back & replan, reorganize & redirect.

The managers are successfful, because they know what they are doing & why. They have kept their thought, processes working so they can keep on the top of their jobs. The best manager is the manager who achieves the objectives of his function as economically as possible. Managment skills are the talants nescessary for effective performance.

5) Disadvantages: managers work long hours, they are busy. Manager's work is fragmented, episodes and brief, interruptions and discontinuity are the rule. Managers are not reflective planners.Managers don't know how to spend their time. The advantages are the facts that manager's work is primary oral, it consists of many contacts, managers are quite independent, they have freedom to rule.

6) Most managers have 10 basic roles to play: 3 interpersonal roles (figure head, leader & liaison), 3 informational roles (monitor, dessemination & spokes person) & 4 decisional roles (enterpreneur, disturbance handler, recource allocator & negotiator).

All managers are periodically involved in some human resource functions. In small organisations, most personell functions are performed by the owner or operating managers. Large organizations usually have a personal department.

There are many different types of bosses. You must differ them to know who they are & how to deal with them.

The Bully is very nervous, angry & always shouts. If you want this kind of boss to rspect you, you should show him that you are a person & he should't rais his voice.

The Workaholic is always working, he spends all his time on the work. If you want to be in a good relationships you should to convinience him that just as he needs to meet deadlines, you have perosnal responsibilities that are equally important.

The Jellyfish is a very kind person, he don't want to hurt anybody that's why he can't correct mistakes of his workers.

The Perfectionist wants everything to be done perfectly & tasks loom larger. It's very difficult type of boss. You shouldn't depend on his opinion, you can ask a second opinion.

The Aloof Boss make decisions alone & very quickly. He isn't intrested in other opinions. The right way to deal with him is to speak in his language.

7) There are 3 mangement styles:

Authoritarian way is a very strickt way. The boss dictates what to do & doesn't listen opinions of his workers. This way may be effective in a risky business or when you have lowskilled workers.

Democratic way meens, that the boss wants his workers to make opinions by themselves, it's very effective, when you work with wellskilled people.

Paternalistic is something between Authoritarian & Democratic ways of managing. The boss tells what reaches are needed to be achieved & the proscesse is discused together with workers. In my opinion it the best way of rulling & is effective in practically all situations.