PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT lecture notes Document Transcript • 1. UNIT I 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. 1 • 2. Management - as how the mind controls the human body and its function similar management (mind) controls the various activities ( human body) in the Organisation - Collection of physical equipments, 4 M’s in Organisation
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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING SYLLABUS 1. OVERVIEW OF MANAGEMENT 9 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 Making - Types of decision
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Introduction to Principles of Management FIGURE 1.1 The restaurant industry poses many challenges to the successful management of individuals and groups. 1 © Thinkstock C H A P T E R L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S Reading this chapter will help you do the following: 1. Learn who managers are and about the nature of their work. 2. Understand the importance of leadership, entrepreneurship, and strategy within organizations. 3. Know the dimensions of management articulated in
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Introduction to business and management J. Timms MN1107, 996D107, 2790107 2011 Undergraduate study in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences This is an extract from a subject guide for an undergraduate course offered as part of the University of London International Programmes in Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences. Materials for these programmes are developed by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For more information
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Project management From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Business administration | | * Company * Business * Conglomerate | Business organization * Joint-stock company * Limited liability company * State-owned enterprise * Privately held company | Business entity * Cooperative * Sole proprietorship * Partnership * Corporation | Corporate governance * Annual general meeting * Board of directors * Supervisory board * Advisory
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MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Unit I Management: Science, Theory and Practice - The Evolution of Management Thought and the Patterns of Management Analysis - Management and Society: The External environment, Social Responsibility and Ethics - Global and Comparative Management - The Basis of Global Management. Unit II The Nature and Purpose of Planning - Objectives - Strategies, Policies and Planning Premises - Decision Making - Global Planning. Unit III The Nature of Organizing
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1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this report is to determine, discuss and demonstrate how the management of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. can apply the concepts of organizing and motivating to reach the organizational objective of resolving the ethical issues regarding wages and employee welfare by June 2012. 1.2 Background Vesilind (1988) defined ethics as the study of systematic methodologies which can assist one in making value-laden decisions when one is guided by his or her individual
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Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? MULTIPLE CHOICE Importance of Interpersonal Skills 1. Over the past two decades, business schools have added required courses on people skills to many of their curricula. Why have they done this? a. Managers no longer need technical skills in subjects such as economics and accounting to succeed. b. There is an increased emphasis in controlling employee behavior in the workplace. c. Managers need to understand human behavior
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The Origins of Managerial Thought Pre-Industrial Revolution Influences 1000 BC perceptive officials in China were writing about how to manage and control organized human activity Egyptians and Romans implemented management systems as well late Middle Ages (15th and 16th centuries) Venice and Florence were managing with ‘modern’ procedures Industrial Revolution in England beginning of the end of the domestic production system= steam engine (1765) factories established themselves in England
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Football League, the promotional ads are a(n) ____ resource. a. international b. physical c. human d. financial e. informational 10. The fact that managers use four classes of resources or inputs to perform organizational processes suggests that management is a. resource-based. b. output-oriented. c. an inefficient process. d. a conversion
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