Fundamentals of Management
Global Edition
Module I
Managing Today
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Learning Objectives
1.1 Tell who managers are and where they work.
1.2 Define management.
1.3 Describe what managers do.
1.4 Explain why it’s important to study management.
1.5 Describe the factors that are reshaping and redefining
management.
1.6 Describe the key employability skills gained from
studying management that are applicable to your future
career, regardless of your major.
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Learning Objectives 1.1
Tell who managers are and where they work.
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Who Are Managers? Where Do They
Work?
Organization
• A deliberate collection of people brought together to
accomplish some specific purpose
Common Characteristics of Organizations
• Goals
• People
• Structure
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What Three Characteristics Do All
Organizations Share?
Exhibit 1-1 Three Characteristics of Organizations
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How Are Managers Different from
Nonmanagerial Employees?
Nonmanagerial Employees
• Work directly on tasks
• Not responsible for overseeing others’ work
Managers
• Direct and oversee the activities of others
• May have work duties not related to overseeing others
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What Titles Do Managers Have? (1 of 2)
Exhibit 1-2 Management Levels
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What Titles Do Managers Have? In a
home healthcare agency
• Top Managers
• Make decisions about the direction of an organization
Middle Managers
• Manage other managers
First-line Managers
• Direct nonmanagerial employees
Team Leaders
• Manage activities of a work team
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What Is Management? (1 of 2)
Management
• The process of getting things done effectively and
efficiently, with and through people.
• Effectiveness: Doing the right things
• Efficiency: Doing things right
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What Is Management? (2 of 2)
Exhibit 1-3 Efficiency and Effectiveness
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Combining Effectiveness and Efficiency:
Management Levels
Figure 1.5 Various combinations of managerial effectiveness and
managerial efficiency
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Combining Effectiveness and Efficiency:
Healthcare Industry
Figure 1.5 Various combinations of managerial effectiveness and
managerial efficiency
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What Do Managers Do?
Ways to Look at What Managers Do
• 4 Functions Approach
• Management Roles Approach
• Skills and Competencies
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4 Functions Approach
• Planning Exhibit 1-4 Four Management Functions
• Organizing
• Leading
• Controlling
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4 Functions Approach: Healthcare
Example
• Planning Exhibit 1-4 Four Management Functions
• Organizing
• Leading
• Controlling
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Management Roles Approach
Exhibit 1-5 Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
Source: Based on Mintzberg, Henry, The Nature of Managerial Work, 1st edition, © 1973
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Management Roles Approach:
A Hospital Example.
Exhibit 1-5 Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
Source: Based on Mintzberg, Henry, The Nature of Managerial Work, 1st edition, © 1973
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Skills and Competencies: In The
Healthcare Industry
•
Analyze and diagnose Working well with others
Possessing expert job knowledge Political adeptness
Source: Simon/Fotolia
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Which Approach Takes the Prize?
• Functions
• Roles
• Competencies and Skills
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Is the Manager’s Job Universal? (1 of 5)
• Level in the Organization
• Profit vs. Not-for-profit
• Size of the Organization
• Management Concepts and National Borders
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Is the Manager’s Job Universal? (2 of 5)
• Level in the Organization
Exhibit 1-6 Management Activities by Organizational Level
Source: Based on T. A. Mahoney, T. H. Jerdee, and S. J. Carroll, “The Job(s) of
Management,” Industrial Relations 4, no. 2 (1965), p. 103
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Is the Manager’s Job Universal? (3 of 5)
• Profit vs. Not-for-profit
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Is the Manager’s Job Universal? (4 of 5)
• Size of the Organization
Exhibit 1-7 Managerial Roles in Small and Large Businesses
Source: Based on J. G. P. Paolillo, “The Manager’s Self-Assessments of Managerial
Roles: Small vs. Large Firms,” American Journal of Small Business, January–March 1984,
pp. 61–62
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Why Study Management? (2 of 2)
Most people will either manage or be managed.
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Why Study Management? (2 of 2)
Most people will either manage or be managed.
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What Factors are Reshaping and
Redefining Management
Welcome to the New World of Management!
• Changing Workplaces + Changing Workforce
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What Factors are Reshaping and
Redefining Management
Welcome to the New World of Management!
• Key Drivers: Customers, Innovation, Social Media, and
Sustainability
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Why Are Customers Important to the
Manager’s Job?
Consistent, high-quality customer service is essential to
survival.
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Why Are Customers Important to the
Manager’s Job?: Healthcare Setting
Consistent, high-quality customer service is essential to
survival.
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Why Is Innovation Important to the
Manager’s Job?
“Nothing is more risky than not innovating.”
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Importance of Social Media to the
Manager’s Job
Social media
– Forms of electronic
communication through
which users create
communities to share
ideas, information,
personal messages, and
other content
• Connecting with customers
• Managing human resources
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Importance of Sustainability to the
Manger’s Job
Sustainability
– A company’s ability to achieve its business goals and
increase long-term shareholder value by integrating
economic, environmental, and social opportunities
into its business strategies
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Importance of Sustainability to the
Manger’s Job
Sustainability
– A company’s ability to achieve its business goals and
increase long-term shareholder value by integrating
economic, environmental, and social opportunities
into its business strategies
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What Employability Skills Are Critical
for Getting and Keeping a Job?
• Critical thinking
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Knowledge application and analysis
• Social responsibility
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What Employability Skills Are Critical
for Getting and Keeping a Job?
• Critical thinking
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Knowledge application and analysis
• Social responsibility
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Managers Matter!
Employee productivity, loyalty, and engagement hinge on
employee/manager relationships.
Employee engagement
– When employees are connected to, satisfied with,
and enthusiastic about their jobs
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