MAN3025 Summer B 2016 Ch 1-4 Test Chapter 1—Managing and the Manager's Job 1. The News Corporation, Smile Train, Delta Airlines and Gucci are all examples of a. bureaucracies. b. corporations. c. organizations. d. managerial hierarchies. e. centralized units of operation. 2. Which of the following is an example of an organization? a. The Department of Education b. Princeton University track team c. Starbucks d. Swoopo, online auction site e. All of these choices 3. Amy, Frank, Puz,
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The Role of the Project Manager By Duncan Haughey, PMP A project manager is the person who has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. The job title is used in construction, petrochemical, architecture, information technology and many different industries that produce products and services. The project manager must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions
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the four functions of management. Those four functions are the planning, the organizing, the leading, and the controlling. These four functions of management are essential in any organization. They are a large part of a successful management team and a successful organization. These functions work together to assist the management team to make decisions and meet the company goals. The first function of management is planning. “Planning is specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance
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AGENDA * Subway’s mission * History of Subway * SWOT analysis * Organization chart * Managerial functions * 5 functions of management * Planning * Organizing * Staffing * Directing * Controlling HISTORY OF In 1965, Fred Deluca had just graduated from high school in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Like many young adults his age, he had dreams of attending college. Although he was a hard-working
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LIMITATION IN PROJECT INITIATION PROCESS 7 7.0 SECOND PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS- PROJECT PLANNING 11 7.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION IN PROJECT PLANNING PROCESS 13 8.0 THIRD PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS- PROJECT EXECUTION 14 8.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION IN PROJECT EXECUTION PROCESS 16 9.0 FOURTH PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS- CONTROLLING/MONITORING 18 9.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION IN PROJECT CONTROLLING/ 20 10.0 FINAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS – CLOSING PROCESS 22 10.1 BENEFIT AND LIMITATION
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Fundamentals of Management (POCL) a. Introduction – corporation, alignment b. Role of First-line Managers or Supervisors c. Planning Processes d. Organizing Processes e. Controlling Processes f. Leading Processes g. Integration Module 2. Planning a. Introduction b. Strategic Planning 1) Understanding what are strategies and how the unit can relate to each c. Operational Planning - 1) How to prepare SMART objectives 2) How to identify relevant programs and initiatives of the unit, aligned to strategies
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„ Project Management Institute, 2002. Used with permission. The underlying theory of project management is obsolete1 Lauri Koskela, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Gregory Howell, Lean Construction Institute Abstract In prior literature, it has been generally seen that there is no explicit theory of project management. We contend that it is possible to precisely point out the underlying theoretical foundation of project management as espoused in the PMBOK Guide by PMI and mostly
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recognized. The four elements are: Planning, Controlling, Organizing and Directing and Decision Making.” As with all other organizations, health care organizations must follow general ethical standards of conduct and financial reporting practices known as the General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The four elements of financial planning are set in place to help the financial process operate properly. The purpose of each of these tasks is as follows: * Planning - helps identify the organizational
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Contemporary Management, 7/e Gareth R. Jones, Jennifer M. George ISBN: 0078112699 Chapter 1 Warning! – Don’t expect all lectures to come straight from the text! What is management? 1. Management is the planning, organizing, leading and controlling of human and other resources to achieve organization goals effectively and efficiency. 2. Managers operate within an organization, a group of people who work together to achieve a wide variety of goals or desired future
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Introduction Management theorists generally consider the four key functions of management to be Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling (Newens, 2008; Stanley, 1999). Although all functions are given similar levels of consideration in the existing literature, this essay will seek to demonstrate why planning is the most important management function. What is planning? The planning function of management at the most basic level determines what should be done and by when. The article The
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