MEANING AND NATURE OF MANAGEMENT IN MODERN ORGANISATIONS

DEFINES MANAGEMENT, PROVIDES FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENTS, MANAGEMENT ROLES, MANAGEMENT LEVELS AND SKILLS AS WELL AS PERSONAL QUALITIES OF EFFECTIVE AND EFFECIENT LEADERS

1. MEANINGMEANING OF OF
MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT
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2. Contents
What is management?
Functions of Management
 Management Roles
Management Levels and Skills
Personal Qualities of Effective
and Efficient Leaders
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3. What is management?
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4. What is management?
 Management is an art of getting things
done through and with the people in
formally organized groups.
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5. Management as an art , a
science and a profession

6. Management as an art , a
science and a profession

7. Science cont…

8. Task

9. Management function

10. 10
Management Functions
•Planning - forecasting, setting objectives and
actions of achieving them such as administering
policies, establishing procedures)
•Organizing - selecting structure, delegating,
establishing working relationship i.e. coordinating
activities
•Leading - deciding, communicating, motivating,
selecting/developing people
•Controlling - setting performance standards,
evaluating/documenting/correcting performance

11. Functions of
Management
Staffing – arranging and motivating human
resources to perform tasks
Communicating- formation of effective
structures to pass messages to workers
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12. Major Function of
Management
To achieve organizational
objectives by carrying out
mentioned
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13. 1–13
Key Managerial Roles
(Mintzberg)
Key Management Key Management
RolesRoles
Interpersonal Interpersonal
RolesRoles
DecisionalDecisional
RolesRoles
Informational Informational
RolesRoles
1.1.FigureheadFigurehead
2.2.Leader – directs Leader – directs
activities in activities in
organizationorganization
3.3.Liaison – Liaison –
connecting connecting
outside world outside world
to inside to inside
(organization)(organization)
1.1.Receives Receives
informationinformation
2.2.DisseminatorDisseminator
3.3.Spokesperson Spokesperson
of the of the
organization to organization to
all stakeholdersall stakeholders
1.1.Entrepreneur Entrepreneur
(Innovator)(Innovator)
2.2.Disturbance Disturbance
handler-handler-
3.3.Resource Resource
AllocatorAllocator
4.4.Negotiator for Negotiator for
the the
organisationorganisation

14. Levels of managers

15. Management Levels
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Top
Management
Middle
Management
First Line
Management
•Articulate Vision
•Establish Priorities
•Facilitate Communication
•Coordinate Teams
•Train, Motivate, Evaluate Employees
•Manage Daily Processes

16. Management Skills

17. Management skills cont…

18. Management skills cont…

19. Management Level and Skills

20. Skills needed at different
levels of management

21. Personal Qualities of Effective
and Efficient Leaders
Self assertive – being courageous while making decisions
Emotionally stable – need not to loose temper or composure easily. Should always be
cool and calm.
Emotionally resilient- should be able to easily withstand stress
Fairness – Treat everyone equally
Honesty- Not dubious to win confidence of subordinates i.e. always tell the truth
Discipline- be exemplary to others
Good Health – physically and mentally
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