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Introduction To Management

This lecture discusses systems approach, contingency approach, and current trends in management including globalization, ethics, workforce diversity, entrepreneurship, e-business, knowledge management, learning organizations, and quality management. It provides definitions and implications of systems approach, describes contingency approach as situational management dependent on contingencies, and outlines several trends managers must address today.

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Introduction To Management

This lecture discusses systems approach, contingency approach, and current trends in management including globalization, ethics, workforce diversity, entrepreneurship, e-business, knowledge management, learning organizations, and quality management. It provides definitions and implications of systems approach, describes contingency approach as situational management dependent on contingencies, and outlines several trends managers must address today.

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Introduction to Management

LECTURE 5:
Introduction to
Management
MGT 101
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Introduction to Management

In lecture 4 we discussed
Topics from Chapter 2:
General Administrative Theories
Quantitative Approach
Organizational Behavior

Introduction to Management

Today we are going to discuss


Topics from Chapter 2:
Systems Approach
Contingency Approach
Current Trends & Issues
And then we will start Chapter 3
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Systems Approach

Introduction to Management (Chapter 2)

System
A set of interrelated and interdependent
parts arranged in a manner that produces
a unified whole.

Introduction to Management (Chapter 2)

Basic Types of Systems


Closed systems
Are not influenced by and do not interact
with their environment (all system input
and output is internal).
Open systems
Dynamically interact to their
environments by taking in inputs and
transforming them into outputs that are
distributed into their environments.
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Introduction to Management (Chapter 2)

Introduction to Management (Chapter 2)

Implications:
Coordination of the organizations parts is
essential for proper functioning of the entire
organization.
Decisions and actions taken in one area of the
organization will have an effect in other areas
of the organization.
Organizations are not self-contained and,
therefore, must adapt to changes in their
external environment.
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Chapter 2:
Management History

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Contingency Approach

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Also sometimes called the situational


approach.
There is no one universally applicable set of
management principles (rules) by which to
manage organizations.
Organizations are individually different, face
different situations (contingency variables),
and require different ways of managing.

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Management is harder than it looks


Managers need to look for key contingencies
that differentiate todays situation from
yesterdays situation
Managers need to spend more time analyzing
problems before taking action
Pay attention to qualifying phrases, such as
usually
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Key Contingency Variables:


Organization size
Routineness of task technology
Environmental uncertainty
Individual differences

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Current Trends & Issues

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Globalization
Ethics
Workforce Diversity
Entrepreneurship
E-Business
Knowledge Management
Learning Organizations
Quality Management
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Globalization
Management in international organizations
Political and cultural challenges of operating
in a global market
Working with people from different
cultures
Movement of jobs to countries with lowcost labor
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Ethics
Increased emphasis on ethics education in
college curriculums
Increased creation and use of codes of
ethics by businesses

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Workforce Diversity
Increasing heterogeneity in the workforce
More gender, minority, ethnic, and other
forms of diversity in employees
Aging workforce
Older employees who work longer and
do not retire
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Entrepreneurship Defined
The process of starting new businesses,
generally in response to opportunities.
Entrepreneurship process
Pursuit of opportunities
Innovation in products, services, or business
methods
Desire for continual growth of the
organization
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Learning Organization
An organization that has developed the
capacity to continuously learn, adapt, and
change.

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Knowledge Management
The cultivation of a learning culture where
organizational members systematically
gather and share knowledge with others in
order to achieve better performance.

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Quality Management
A philosophy of management driven by
continual improvement in the quality of
work processes and responding to
customer needs and expectations
Quality is not directly related to cost
Poor quality results in lower productivity

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