KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY NAIROBI CAMPUS MBAD 501: Practices of Management Credit Hours: 3 Period: Jan – April 2013 Instructor: Kihara Peter Email: kiharamp41@msn.com ________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Course Purpose and Objectives This is a foundation course in the MBA program which covers all those functions and duties performed by modern managers and CEOs in today’s complex organizations. This course views managerial planning
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of the oldest and most popular approaches to management thought‚ Henri Fayol’s (29 July 1841–19 November 1925) theory holds that administration of all organizations—whether "public or private"‚ or "large or small" requires the same rational process or functions. This school is based on two assumptions; first‚ although the objective of an organization may differ; for example‚ business‚ government‚ education‚ or religion‚ yet there is a core management process that remains the same for all institutions
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Henri Fayol create? Henri Fayol (1841-1925) was a French engineer. He belongs to the Classical School of management theory and has written on and explored the idea of General Administrative Theorists. Fayol was particularly interested in authority and its implementation. He advocated a consistent set of principles that all organizations need to be run properly. Fayol emphasized five management functions: planning‚ organization‚ commanding‚ coordinating‚ and controlling. Most of these activities are
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OM SATHI ADHIPARASAKTHI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 5.1 SYLLABUS MG2351 1. PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3 0 0 100 9 OVERVIEW OF MANAGEMENT Definition - Management - Role of managers - Evolution of Management thought Organization and the environmental factors – Trends and Challenges of Management in Global Scenario. 2. PLANNING 9 Nature and purpose of planning - Planning process - Types of plans – Objectives - Managing by objective (MBO) Strategies - Types of strategies - Policies - Decision
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Management The organization and coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objectives. The basic task of management includes both marketing and innovation. Practice of modern management originates from the 16th century study of low-efficiency and failures of certain enterprises. Management consists of the interlocking functions of creating planning‚ organizing‚ directing‚ and controlling an organization’s resources in order to achieve the objectives of the organization
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Planning Function of Management Failing to plan is planning to fail Planning in Management Planning is deciding in advance what to do and how to do.It is one of the basic managerial functions. Before doing something‚ the manager must formulate an idea of how to work on a particular task. Thus‚ planning is closely connected with creativity and innovation. It involves setting objectives and developing appropriate courses of action to achieve these objectives. Planning Definition "Planning
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What did the early advocates of OB contribute to our understanding of management? Four people stand out as early advocates of OB in management:- I. Robert Owen(late 1700s) - proposed a utopian workplace He also concerned about deplorable working conditions Argued that money spent improving labour was a smart investment II. Hugo Munsterberg (early 1900s) - created field of industrial psychology - suggest using psychological test for employee selection‚ learning theory concept for employee training
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Management UNIT 1 – MODULE 1 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT © 2006 Captus Press Inc. 1 Learning About Management Everyone knows something about management But preconceptions can block new understanding © 2006 Captus Press Inc. 2 New understanding requires an OPEN MIND That’s certainly one way to do it… © 2006 Captus Press Inc. 3 © 2006 Captus Press Inc. 1 Management Definition and Purpose of MANAGEMENT © 2006 Captus Press Inc. 4 Management Is responsible
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Introduction Human relations means a school of management that emphasizes the importance of social processes in the organization and its core concept is to view workers’ interactions and relationships in companies. The human relations movement stem from the 1930s’ Hawthorne studies thattested the influences of workers’ satisfaction inworkplace (Levitt and List‚ 2011). Furthermore‚ it also leads to the origination of the human resource management. Elton Mayo‚ one of the most important industrial
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* 50 %women in management; 2.6% women in top management * Managerial level: non-managerial employee-first-line- middle- top * Management involves coordinating and overseeing the work activity * Managerial concerns: * Efficiency (means): doing things right- getting the most output for the last inputs( resource usage) Low waste * Effectiveness (ends) : doing the right things- attaining organizational goals (goal attainment) High attainment Management Strives for: low
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