2. Topics of the UNIT
Introduction to Management
Nature & scope of Management
Process of Management
Functions of Management
Importance of Management
Role of managers
Management & administration
POSDCORB
Relevance of mngmt to modern
industry
3. What is Management?
“Management is the process involving
planning, organizing, staffing, directing and
controlling human efforts to achieve stated
objectives in an organization.”
4. Definition by management thinkers
“Management is the art of knowing what you want to do
and then seeing that it is done in the best and cheapest
way.” -F .W. Taylor
To manage is to forecast and to plan, to organize to
command, to coordinate and to control. —Henry Fayol
Management is the creation and maintenance of an internal
environment in an enterprise where individuals, working in
groups, can perform efficiently and effectively towards the
attainment of group goals.
—Harold Koontz and Cyrill O’Donnell
5. The task of achieving results through
others by coordinating their efforts is
known as management.
As the mind coordinates and regulates
all the functions of a body - management
coordinates and regulates the activities of
various members of an organisation.
6. MANAGER
A person who plans, organizes,
directs and controls the allocation
of human, material, financial, and
information resources in pursuit
of the organization’s goals.
7. Nature of Management
Management is:
Goal-oriented
Universal
an Integrative Force.
a Social Process.
Multidisciplinary.
Continuous Process.
Intangible.
an Art as well as Science.
8. Management is Goal-Oriented:
Management goals are called group goals
or organisational goals.
The basic goal of management is to
ensure efficiency and economy in the
utilisation of human, physical and financial
resources.
The success of management is measured
by the extent to which the established goals
are achieved.
9. Management is Universal:
Management is an essential element of every
organised activity irrespective of the size or type of
activity.
Wherever two or more persons are engaged in
working for a common goal, management is
necessary.
All types of organisations, e.g., family, club,
university, government, army, cricket team or
business, require management. Thus, management is
a pervasive activity.
The fundamental principles of management are
applicable in all areas of organised effort. Managers
at all levels perform the same basic functions.
10. Management is AN Integrative Force:
The essence of management lies in
the coordination of individual efforts
in to a team.
Management reconciles the
individual goals with organisational
goals.
11. Management is a Social Process:
Management is a social process because it is
concerned with interpersonal relations.
Human factor is the most important element in
management.
According to Appley, “Management is the
development of people not the direction of things.
A good manager is a leader, not a boss. It is the
pervasiveness of human element which gives
management its special character as a social
process”.
12. Management is Multidisciplinary:
Management has to deal with human
behaviour under dynamic conditions.
Therefore, it depends upon wide knowledge
derived from several disciplines like
Engineering,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Economics,
Anthropology, etc.
13. Management is a Continuous
Process:
Management is a dynamic and an
on-going process.
The cycle of management continues
to operate so long as there is
organised action for the achievement
of group goals.
14. Management is Intangible:
Management is an unseen or invisible
force. It cannot be seen but its presence
can be felt everywhere in the form of
results.
However, the managers who perform the
functions of management are very much
tangible and visible.
15. Management is an Art as well as
Science:
Management is also a discipline involving
specialised training and an ethical code
arising out of its social obligations.
It involves both the determination and
the accomplishment of organisational goals.
Involving the coordination of human and
material resources in order to accomplish
desired objectives.
17. Scope Of Management
Production Management:
a) Designing the product
b) Location and layout of plant and building
c) Planning and Control of factory operations
d) Operation of purchase and storage of
materials
e) Inventory cost and Quality Control
f) Research and Development etc.
18. Marketing Management:
a) marketing research to determine the
needs and expectation of consumers
b) planning and developing suitable
products
c) setting appropriate prices
d) selecting the right channel of
distribution, and
e) promotional activities like advertising
and salesmanship to communicate with
the customers
19. Financial Management:
a) Selecting the appropriate source
of funds
b) Raising the required funds at
the right time
c) Administration of earnings
d) Estimating the volume
of fund.
20. Personnel Management:
a) manpower planning
b) recruitments,
c) selection,
d) training
e) appraisal,
f) promotions and transfers,
g) compensation,
h) employee welfare services, and
i) personnel records and
research, etc.
22. Top Level Management-
The top level management is
generally occupied by the
ownership group.
It is the highest level in the
managerial hierarchy and
the ultimate source of
authority in the organisation.
23. Middle Level Management-In order
to fill up the gap which exists between
functional and operative level, some
managerial positions are created at the
middle level of management. Middle level
management consists of
departmental managers,
deputy managers,foreman
and administrative
officers etc.
24. Lower Level or Supervisory Level
Management- It consists of factory
supervisors, superintendents, foremen,
sales supervisors, accounts officers etc.
They directly guide and control the
performance of rank and file workers.
They issue orders and instructions and
guide day to-day activities.
26. PROCESS OF MANAGEMENT
For the first time,
Henri Fayol,
described the
process of
management
in 5-terms:
27. Planning :
Planning is the first step which is
basically a logical thinking process that
decides what needs to be done in order to
achieve organization's goals and
objectives. It focuses on the broader
perspective of the business as well as
taking into consideration, the tactical
methods to get the
desired results.
28. Steps in the Planning Process
Deciding which goals the
organization will pursue.
Deciding what courses of action
to adopt to attain those goals.
Deciding how to
allocate organizational
Resources.
29. Organizing :
Organizing is about setting up and
maintaining the internal organizational
structure in accordance with objectives
mentioned in planning stage. It
also involves assigning
tasks to various individuals
for the larger goal of
organization's missions
and objectives.
30. Organizing:
Involves grouping people into
departments according to the kinds
of job-specific tasks they perform.
Managers lay out lines of authority
and responsibility.
Decide how to coordinate
organizational resources.
31. Staffing :
Staffing is the process of choosing
right people for organization. It can
be associated with human resource
management and involves recruitment,
hiring, training and compensating the
workforce.
32. Directing :
Directing is guiding people in the
organization through the means of
counseling, instructing, motivating.
Controlling :
Controlling The process of leading and
influencing the task related activities of
group members or an entire
organization.