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Basic Management

Amjad Ghafoor


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Brief History

Management has always been there in the historyof mankind. Great wall of China, Pyramids ofEgypt are the classical examples ofmanagement.

After the industrial revolution a term calledspecialized labor emerged. Things becamemore complicated, and the needs of customersrose. Big organization came into being and torun them efficiently and effectively specializedManagement people were needed. The scienceof management grew ever since.


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Classical Contributions

There are quite a few names in the history of Managementwho have contributed a lot in the development ofManagement sciences.

Michelangelo is mostly praised as a renaissance artist, a

genius; what about a Manager? Painting of SistineChapel ceiling, carving of marbles in the Medici Chapelin Florentine, and Laurentian Library in Florence are hismaster pieces.

He ran a medium size business and personally selected hisworkers, trained them, and assigned them to one ormore teams. He recorded days worked, wages of everyemployee. He did all those things a modern managerdoes.


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Classical Contributions

Our modern day Management stems from a seriesof practitioners and writers, who sought toformulate rational principals that makes anorganization more efficient. These principalshave two categories, scientific management andgeneral administration.

Scientific management theorists looked at this artwith the perspective of increasing output of theoperative personal. The other were concernedwith the overall organization and how to make itmore effective.


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Emphasis on Technology

Technology includes any equipment, tools,

or operating method that are designed to

make work more efficient. In the past the

work was done manually, but now withhelp of technology we have all sorts of

machines.

A successful manager always keeps himselfupdated with the new technologies.


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Social Responsibilities

They idea of social responsibilities of anorganization emerged in 1960s. Beforethat issues like health hazards, pollution,

resource conservation, and recycling etc.did not exist. Now environment pollution isa bigger concern to organizations than tomaximizing profits. So a management

responsibility goes beyond making profitsto include protecting and improvingsocietys welfare.


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Organization

An organization is a group of people that are

brought together to achieve a specific goal

or a set of goals, under a given set of

guidelines and boundaries (structure).

There a two categories of people in every

organization; Managers and Operatives.

Managers are the ones who oversee the

process and the operatives perform them.


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Management

The term management means, the process

of getting things done through and with

others. All organizational management

processes share a lot of commonalities,amongst those areprocess, efficiency and

effectiveness.

Process: primaryactivities managers perform.Efficiency: ratio between input and output.

Effectiveness: doing the right task.


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Management (cont)

Managers are assumed to be effective and

efficient. Efficiency means the degree of

correctness in doing something. Its the

ratio between input and output, e.g. if anoutput of a process increases, it means

efficiency is increased. (minimize cost)

Effectiveness means doing the right tasks inorder to achieve the set goals.


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Management (cont)

Management process stands for the waysfor getting things done. There are fouractivities that mangers do is called

management.1. Planning.

Defining goals, establish strategy, anddeveloping sub plans to coordinateactivities.


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Management (cont)

2. Organizing.Determine what needs to be done, how it will be

done, and who is to do it.

3. Leading.Directing and motivating all involved parties and

resolving conflicts.

4. Controlling.Monitoring activities to ensure that they are

accomplished as planned.


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Levels of Management

The level determine the hierarchy of the

managers. Top level managers do more

planning and less overseeing directly into

the operations, First level managementinvolves of less planning and more

overseeing, and Middle level are in

between. (floor supervisor, vice president, divisionalmanager, all are the examples of different levels.)


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Tips to Become Successful

Manager.

1. Don't try to be someone you are not.

2. Share your department's objectives with your

staff and then ask them how they can help you

to achieve them.

3. Hold regular team reviews to ensure everyone

is clear about what is expected of them.4. Motivation- Acknowledge the expertise of your

staff.


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Tips to Become Successful

Manager.

5. Give feedback openly. If wrong-tell how

to correct.

6. Encourage creativity in your team.

7. Be Open with team- to get feedback to

avoid and tell to avoid the mistakes.8. Carry on developing yourself.


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Managers Skills.

To become a successful manager one

needs to develop managerial skills. Four

General skills determine the degree of

effectiveness of a manager.

Conceptual skills.

Technical skills.

Interpersonal skills.

Political skills.


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Managers Skills.

Research shows six sets of behaviors thatexplains more than 50% of a managerseffectiveness.

Controlling the organizations environment andits resources.

Organizing and coordinating.

Handling information.

Providing for growth and development. Motivating employees and handling conflicts.

Strategic problems solving.

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