Enables to List & relate functions of management dealing with the execution of activities, and the use of human and physical resources
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FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
By: Eyasu B. (MPH)
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Management functions
1.Planning ………………………………..………P
2.Organizing
3.Staffing I
4.Leading/directing
5.Controlling ……………………………..……...E
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Planning is deciding in advance:
what to do
how to do
who will do it and
with what to do it.
Planning bridges the gap between where we are and where we
want to go in the future.
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Planning…
Compiling & analyzing information in order to arrive at a
decision about what should be done.
Planning is the process of establishing a suitable course of actions
for organizational objectives .
Continuous process which involves choice among alternative
ways of using available resources to achieve goals in the future
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Health planning
Health planning is the process of:
Defining community health problems
Identifying needs and resources
Establishing priority problems and goals
Setting administrative action to reach at those goals
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Components of definitions of planning
Important components include:
where are we going (objectives)
with what (resources)
how (efficient & appropriate implementation)
when (future)
A degree of formalization (method ) about the process
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Purpose of planning
Provides direction
To reach the objectives of the organization
Minimize risk by reducing uncertainties
Increase the degree of organizational success
Minimizes waste and redundancy
Sets standards to facilitate control
Types of plans
Plans can be classified based on:
Repetitiveness
Time dimension, and
Scope/breadth dimension
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Cont..
Classification of Plans Based on Repetitiveness
I. Standing Plans:
That can be used again and again
That are followed each time a given situation encountered
Include policy, procedure, method, and rule.
II. Single-use Plans:
Plans that are not used once the objective is accomplished
Used only once
Include programs, projects and budgets
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Classification of Plans Based on Time
I. Long-range planning
The time may range usually from 5 - 10 years
II. Intermediate-range planning
Ranges between long & short- range plans
Ranges for 2-3years
III. Short-range planning
Ranges < 2 years
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Cont…
Classification of Plans Based on Scope
I.Strategic Planning
II.Operational ( tactical) plans
III.Contingency plans
I. Strategic Planning
is a long-term planning that involves all the organization’s
management areas and
includes goals, objectives, strategies, and measurable results.
It asks and answers four questions:
–Where are we now?
–Where do we want to go?
–How will we get there?
–How will we know whether we are getting there?
Strategic Planning:
Are designed by high-ranking managers & define the broad
goals for the organization.
The making of decision as to how resources should be spent
It is an allocative planning
Example: GTP, MDG, SDG
II. Operational ( tactical) plans:
Contain details for implementing those strategic plans in day to
day life.
Short term plan that emphasize on current operation of parts of
the organization.
Setting of monitorable timetables & schedules for the
implementation of pre - set activities
It is an activity planning.
Example: course plan, weekly action plan
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
III. Contingency plans
Alternative plan that can be implemented when the original
plan is inadequate because of changing circumstances.
Events beyond a manager’s control may cause even the most
carefully prepared plan to go awry.
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Differences b/n strategic and tactical plan
Areas of difference Operational
(Tactical ) plans
Strategic plans
Experts involved Developed by low-
level management.
Developed by upper
level management
Time horizon Covers short period
(1 week to 1 year)
Covers relatively
longer period (five
years or more)
Scope Narrow range of
operations
Wide range of goals
Degree of detail Detail & specific
activities
general
Steps in Health Planning
1.Situational analysis
2.Priority setting
3.Setting objectives & Targets
4.Identifying obstacles and limitations
5.Designing the strategies
6.Writing Plan of action
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
1) Situational analysis
It is a process of gathering and analyzing of data to provide
information about a particular situation at a given point in time.
Examine the current and projected health situation, and
demographic pattern
Analysis of present and future health needs of the population
SWOT analysis
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Opportunity
•Organization & tech
development
•Participation of local leaders
•Coordination with NGO
•Improved safety system
•Telemedicine for speciality
•Revised measure , indicators
Weaknesses
•No speciality, primary service
•Lack of funds
•Unequip lab , no instrument
•Loss of key staff,understaffed
•No transport, off located
•Patient load: lifestyle
•Lack of technology
Strengths
•Local & creative approach
•Experienced physician
•Trained ,adequate staff
•Resources : lab,instrument
•Central location
•Strong commitment & funds
•Transportation
Threats
•No Govt budget, inflation
•Workforce strike, nurse,doctor
•Small semi urban nursing home
•Patient prefer them
•Loss of alliances , NGO
•Misinformation
•Competitors has new products
S W
T O
Weaknesses
•No speciality, primary service
•Lack of funds,salary
•Unequip lab , no instrument
•Loss of key staff,understaffed
•No transport, off located
•Patient load
•Lack of technology
Opportunity
•Organization & tech
development
•Participation of local leaders
•Coordination with NGO
•Improved safety system
•Telemedicine for speciality
•Strong referral system
2) Priority setting
All problems cannot be solved with limited resources we have
in hand.
Criteria's used to set priority problems:
Magnitude
Severity
Feasibility
Community concern
Political concern
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Problems should be ranked on five point scale
5 points –very high
4 points –high
3 points –moderate
2 points –low
1 point –very low
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Example
S.N Problems
magnitude
severity
Feasibility
Comm. Con.
Political con con.
Total
1
Absence of latrine
1 3 2 3 4 15
2
Low immunization
4 2 3 2 5 22
3
High home delivery
4 4 4 3 5 24
4
Low FP usage
5 3 3 1 4 19
5
High malaria
prevalence
2 3 3 4 4 18
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3) Setting objectives and targets
Vision, mission, Goals, and objectives should be clearly defined.
Vision:
is a picture of a desired future which describes where the
organization wants to be.
It includes an image that you can see in your mind.
Example: To see healthy and productive population of district X.
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con..
Mission:
States why the organization exists.
E.g., To reduce mortality, morbidity and disability of people of
district X through providing a comprehensive package of
promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health service.
Goal:
Are broad statement
There is generally one goal for a service
Example: Health for all by 2000 and beyond
Objectives
For each a program there may be a number of objectives which
are specified by measurable terms
Objective should be ‘’SMART’’
S –specific
M –measurable
A –achievable/Attainable
R –realistic
T –time specific
E.g., By the end of 2013, 90% of eligible children in chiro town
will be vaccinated against all vaccine preventable disease.
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
4)Identifying obstacles
Obstacles and root causes are determined through root cause
analysis
The are different Techniques of identifying obstacles/root
cause
Fishbone technique
The Five Whys Technique
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The Fish bone Diagram
5) Designing the strategies
•Strategy is courses of action to achieve organizations, vision/mission and
goals.
•The Challenge Model is a tool that you can use to improve the
performance of any group.”
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6) Plan of action
At a minimum, an action plan should identify:
•The actions or activities that will be implemented;
•Who will be responsible for carrying out each action;
•The human, financial, and material resources needed to
implement the actions;
•A timeline showing when the actions will be carried out.
Failing to plan is planning to fail!!
Why plans fail?
Planning is not integrated into the total management system
Lack of understanding of the different steps of the planning
process
Concerned parties not participated or contributed in the planning
process
Too much attempted at once
Unforeseen (unexpected) changes in the environment
Management expects that plans will be realized with little effort
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Organizing is the process by which managers establish working
relationships among resources.
Organization is collection of two or more people working together
in a coordinated fashion to achieve goals.
Organizational structure:
The process of arranging jobs within an organization to achieve the
mission.
Formal system of task and reporting relationship.
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Elements of Organization structure
–The most important elements of organization structure are
•Division of labour
•Decentralization
•Delegation
•Chain of command
•Span of control
•Authority
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Division of labour
Dividing operating work into manageable units
The Concept of depart mentation.
Reasons and benefit
–Take advantage of specialization
–Facilitate control
–Aid Coordination
–Secure adequate attention
–Reduce expenses
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Steps during division of lobour
•Divide the whole work in to manageable jobs
•Group similar jobs in to sections
•Combine related sections together
•Assemble related sections into department
•Assign head to each department
•Grant responsibility to the person in charge
•Allocates organizational resources.
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Decentralization:
•refers to systematic and purposeful dispersal of managerial
authority among all levels of management
•Dividing managerial work among the various executives in order to
reduce pressured from the top and secure quick decisions on the
spot
•Decision-making is pushed down to the managers who are closest
to the action.
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Delegation
Sharing some or whole parts of works or management to others,
normally to immediate subordinates.
Actions during delegation
1.Assign duty to subordinate
2.Grant sufficient authority
3.Make him feel that he has obligation
4.Explain to others that he/she had delegated
5.Give support and follow up
Chain of Command
Continuous line of authority from top to bottom of an
organization, clarifies who reports to whom.
Tells you who your boss is, where to go for help.
Authority
–The right of a manager to do something or to tell people
what to do.
–The right of taking decision due to position
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Span of control
When a manager manages a small number of subordinate it is
called narrow span of control.
When a manager manages large number of subordinate it is called
wide span of control.
There is no specific limit to decide the span of management as it
varies from organization and situation to situation.
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The management function that deals with recruitment, selection,
placement, training and development of organization members.
It involves filling the organization structure through proper and
effective personnel.
Staffing means filling and keeping filled positions in the
organisation structure.
Basic Activities of staffing
Staffing includes seven basic activities.
1. Human resource planning
2. Recruitment
3. Selection
4. Socialization (Orientation)
5. Training and Development
6. Performance Appraisal
7.Promotions,Transfers, Demotions, discipline and Separations.
I. Human resource planning
Human resource planning is a process by which an organization
identifies its human resource need and decide to bring the right
number and kinds of people.
Planning for future balance (number needed versus present).
II. Recruitment
The development of a pool of job candidates in accordance with a
human resource plan
Once an organization identifies its human resource needs through
employment planning, it can begin the process of recruiting
potential candidates.
Recruitment includes...
•Job description: a written description of a non-
management job
•Position description: a written description of a
management position
•Hiring specification: a written description of the
education, experience, and skills needed
Principles of recruitment
•Prohibiting discrimination
•Equal employment opportunity
•Affirmative action
•Equal Pay: like pay for like jobs
•Comparable worth
III. Selection
Selection is the process by which an organization
chooses a person who best meet the selection criteria
from applicants.
The organization decides whether or not to make job
offer and the candidate decides whether or not to accept
it.
Steps in the Selection Process
1.Preliminary Screening
2.Employment Test
3.Employment Interview
4.Background and Reference Checks
5.Job offer
6.Physical Examination
Difference between Recruitment and
Selection
Recruitment
It is an activity of establishing contact
between employers and applicants.
It encourages large number of
Candidates for a job.
The candidates have not to cross over
many hurdles.
It is a positive approach.
It proceeds selection.
Selection
It is a process of picking up more
competent and suitable employees.
It attempts at rejecting unsuitable
candidates.
Many hurdles have to be crossed.
It is a negative approach.
It follows recruitment.
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IV. Socialization/Orientation
After the best applicant is selected and offered a job, it is necessary
to introduce the new employee to the philosophy, rules and polices,
etc. of the organization.
It is a program designed to help employees to fit into the
organization smoothly.
Types of information provided
–General information
–About the organization
–Services /products expected
–Detailed presentation policies, rules...
V. Training and Development
Training begins the very first day, which is
designed to improve the person’s skills and
knowledge to do the current job at high level.
Development refers to the organizations efforts to
help employee’s acquire knowledge, skills and
behavior that improve their ability to meet
changes in job requirements and customer needs.
Approaches of training
On-the-job training
Job rotation
Internship: Combined classroom teaching
Apprenticeship: training under guidance of skilled co-
worker
Off- the-job training
Vestibule training: training on realistic job
setting or equipment
Behaviorally experienced training:
simulation exercises, cases, games, role-
playing (done outside the organization)
Promotion, Transfer, Demotion and Separation
A. Promotion
Moving to a higher position and responsibility
based on outstanding performance
B. Transfers:
Shift to other positions
For poor performance, separation is better than letting the
employee stay on the job.
Discipline, Demotion and Separation
C. Discipline: when the organization’s policy is violated
Steps:
Warning
Reprimand
Probation
Suspension
Disciplinary transfer
Demotion
Discharge
4. LEADING
Session Objectives
Describe essence of leadership and management
Differentiate between leader and manager
Identify the key leading and managing practices
Basic concept and practice of governance
Apply leading and managing practices for results
Definitions of concepts
Leadership
The process in which one engages others to set and achieve a
common goal, often an organizationally defined goal (Robbins &
Judge, 2010).
Management
The process of accomplishing predetermined objectives through
the effective use of human, financial, and technical resources
(Longest Jr., Rakich, & Darr, 2000).
Differences between a Manager & a leader
A Manager is a formally appointed and authorized
individual in an organization to direct and support
others to do their work effectively and oversee
resource utilization
A Leader is an individual in a team capable of
influencing the team towards goal formulation
and achievement.
Differences (Managers versus leaders)
Manager Leader
A copy
Control
Maintains
Seek Objectives
Reactive
Appeal to head
Prevent risk/ make rule
Do thing right/efficient
An original
Inspire
Develops
Set Vision
Proactive
Appeal to heart
Accept risk/break rule
Do the right thing
Major Functions of Leadership and Management
Leadership functions
•Commitment
•Motivate people
•Good interpersonal skills
•Ability to learn on the job
•Working smarter
•Developing vision
•Facilitating teamwork
•Creativity
Theories of leadership
1.The trait Theory:
•Identifies the personal characteristics of leaders
such as skill to lead, self confidence and
intelligence.
•“leaders are born but not made”
2. The behavioral Theory
•studied behavioral characteristics of leaders
•“ leaders are made but not just born”
Theories of leadership cont…
3. The contingency approach:
•Convinced that no one best style of leadership exists, vary with
the situation or circumstances.
• Successful leadership occurs when the leader’s style matches
with the situation
4. Transactional Leadership theories
•motivated by rewards and punishments.
•instructions and commands of the leader is the primary goal.
•Subordinates need to be carefully monitored to ensure that
expectations are met
5. Transformational Leadership
A leadership style focused on effecting revolutionary change in
organizations through commitment to the organization's vision.
Transformational leaders are visionaries who challenge people to
achieve high level of performance.
Effectively communicate that vision
Inspire others to willingly make it a reality
Transformational vs Transactional Leadership
Transactional leader Transformational leader
Contingent rewards Idealized influence
Management by exception Inspirational motivation
Task centered Intellectual stimulation
Bargains, comfortable Empower, emotional for work
Short tem focus Long term focused
Laissez faire Individualized consideration
Who is a leader?
Leaders are:
Agents of change
Has a vision
Influence others to realize vision.
Inspire and challenge people to take action.
Examples of great leaders: N. Mandela, M. Gandhi, M.
Luther King, A. Lincoln.
Leadership styles
1. Autocratic/dictatorship
•Keep authority and control in their own hand
•Expect employees to follow their orders
•No Participation of employees
•Traditional, unilateral
•They says “Do just what I say”
Leadership style…
2.consultative:
Subordinates are consulted and their feedback taken into
consideration in the decision making process
They says “This is my decision , improve it before you take it”
3. Democratic/participatory:
•Encourages full employees participation, even though the leaders
make the final decision
•Members encouraged to demonstrate initiative & creativity and
interest
•They says “Let’s do together”
Leadership style…
4. Laissez- faire or anarchic or free- reign
•The leader is just a figure head and does not give any direction
•Lets the subordinates plan, organize and develop their own
techniques for accomplishment of organizational policies
•The leader becoming one of members
•They say “do as you like” and used as remote control
Leading and managing practices
Leading practices:
Scan: assessing conditions that influences result
Focus: directing attention to priority actions
Align and mobilize: motivating stakeholders
to mobilize resources to reach goals
Inspiring: creating a climate of continuous
learning and staff show commitment
Managing practices:
Plan: preparing a set of activities, timeline, resources
Organize: developing structures, systems and
processes to support the plan
Implement: Activities are carried out efficiently,
effectively and Responsively
Monitor and evaluate: continuously tracking about the
status of achievements and results
Governance practice
Cultivate Accountability
Engage Stakeholders
Set Shared Direction
Steward Resources
1.Cultivate Accountability:
Foster a facilitative decision-making environment
based on systems and structures that support
transparency and accountability.
2. Engaging Stakeholders:
Identify, engage and collaborate with diverse
stakeholders representing the full spectrum of
interested parties.
3. Set Shared Direction:
Develop a collective vision of the ‘ideal state’ and
designing an action plan with measurable result.
4. Steward Resources
Allocating sufficient and sustainable resources and
creating accountability for Efficiency utilization
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Integrated leading and managing process
Leading and managing don’t form distinct,
sequential processes
The leading practices are not independent of the
managing practices
Effective managers move fluidly between leading
and managing to support their teams
That is why managers who lead is advocated
•Decision: is a choice made between available
alternatives.
•Decision Making: is the process of developing
and analyzing alternatives and choosing from
among them.
Decision Making
•Decisions in response to opportunities
–occurs when managers respond to ways to improve
organizational performance
•Decisions in response to threats
–events inside or outside the organization are
adversely affecting organizational performance
Decision making as a cycle
Verify the
problem
Identify
potential
alternatives
Analyze the
alternatives
Select the best
alternative
Implement
the Decision
Evaluation
Problem
How To Make Better Decisions
Increase Your Knowledge
–Ask questions
–Get experience
–Use consultants
–Do your research
Use Your Intuition/judgement
–makes a decision based on your accumulated
knowledge and experience.
How To Make Better Decision…
Weigh the Pros and Cons
Don’t Overstress the Finality of Your Decision
–Remember that few decisions are forever.
Make Sure the Timing Is Right
•Control refers to the task of ensuring that activities are
producing the desired results.
•Controlling is determining what is being accomplished
and if necessary, applying corrective measures so that
performance takes place according to plan.
•It ensures that the overall directions of individuals are
consistent with short and long range plan.
Forms of management control
There are three forms of management control.
1.Monitoring:
Monitoring is the routine collection and analysis of
information to track progress against set plans and check
compliance to established standards.
Is a continuous, systematic and critical review of a
project/program/activity with the aim of checking progress.
Example: EPI monitoring chart
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Information collected for monitoring
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must be:
•Useful and relevant
•Accurate
•Regular
•Acted upon
•Shared
•Timely
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2. Evaluation
•is a methods that systematically investigate a achievement of a
program’s results
Types of evaluation
Formative evaluations: occur during programme implementation
to improve performance and assess compliance.
Summative evaluations: occur at the end of programme
implementation to assess effectiveness and impact.
Evaluation terminology
Input –resources used in the program. They include financial,
human and material resources.
Activity—program procedures that are implemented to obtain the
desired effect.
Output—are the immediate consequence of the inputs utilized and
the program activities performed.
Outcomes--- effects upon target population that can lead to the
intended ultimate goal of a program. The effects include several
types and may focus on awareness, attitude, behavior, utilization, etc
Cont..
Impact - are related to long term accumulative effects of a
program.
Indicators: are variable that provides a simple and reliable basis
for assessing achievement, change or performance
•a marker of change over time
•Are markers of progress toward your desired result.
•It allow you to measure whether any change occurs as a
result of your leading and managing practices
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What Is a Good Indicator?
•Valid: Measures the effect it is supposed to measure
•Reliable: Gives same result if measured in the same way
•Precise: Is operationally defined so people are clear about what they are
measuring
•Timely: Can be measured at an interval that is appropriate to the level of
change expected
•Comparable: Can be compared across different target groups or project
approaches
Monitoring
•Data collected on
program activities
•Ongoing, routine
•Focus on activities and
output, compared to
target
Are we doing the work
we planned?
Evaluation
•Data collected to answer
specific questions
•Periodic
•Focus on outcome,
impact
How effective were our
activities?
Monitoring versus Evaluation
3. Supervision
•Supervision is defined as a process of guiding, helping, training,
and encouraging staff to improve their performance in order to
provide high-quality health services
•Supervision is a helping process it is not an inspection