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Introduction To Management: Chapter 1 Stephen P. Robbins

This document outlines the key topics covered in Chapter 1 on management. It discusses who managers are, how they are classified, and their main responsibilities. The four functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. While efficiency is about doing things right, effectiveness is about doing the right things. Customer service and innovation are increasingly important for managers. Understanding management concepts is valuable for anyone working in or studying organizations.

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Introduction To Management: Chapter 1 Stephen P. Robbins

This document outlines the key topics covered in Chapter 1 on management. It discusses who managers are, how they are classified, and their main responsibilities. The four functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. While efficiency is about doing things right, effectiveness is about doing the right things. Customer service and innovation are increasingly important for managers. Understanding management concepts is valuable for anyone working in or studying organizations.

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Chapter 1 Stephen P.

Robbins

INTRODUCTION TO
MANAGEMENT
LEARNING OUTLINE
Follow this Learning Outline as you read and study this chapter.
Who Are Managers?
• Explain how manager differ from non-managerial
employees.
• Discuss how to classify managers in organizations.

What Is Management?
• Define management.
• Contrast efficiency and effectiveness.
• Explain why efficiency and effectiveness are important to
management.
L E A R N I N G O U T L I N E (cont’d)
Follow this Learning Outline as you read and study this chapter.
What Do Managers Do?
• Describe the four functions of management.
• Discuss the changes that are impacting managers’ jobs.
• Explain why customer service and innovation are
important to the manager’s job.
L E A R N I N G O U T L I N E (cont’d)
Follow this Learning Outline as you read and study this chapter.
What Is An Organization?
• Describe the characteristics of an organization.
• Explain how the concept of an organization is changing.

Why Study Management?


• Explain the universality of management concept.
• Discuss why an understanding of management is
important even if you don’t plan to be a manager.
• Describe the rewards and challenges of being a manager.
Who Are Managers?
• Manager
 Someone who works with and through other people
by coordinating and integrating their work activities in
order to accomplish organizational goals.
Classifying Managers
• First-line Managers
 Are at the lowest level of management and manage
the work of non-managerial employees.
• Middle Managers
 Manage the work of first-line managers.
• Top Managers
 Are responsible for making organization-wide
decisions and establishing plans and goals that affect
the entire organization.
Managerial Levels
What Is Management?
• Managerial Concerns
 Efficiency
 “Doing things right”
– Getting the most output
for the least inputs
 Effectiveness
 “Doing the right things”
– Attaining organizational
goals
Effectiveness and Efficiency in Management
What Do Managers Do?
• Functional Approach
 Planning
 Defininggoals, establishing strategies to achieve goals,
developing plans to integrate and coordinate activities.
 Organizing
 Arranging work to accomplish organizational goals.
 Leading
 Working with and through people to accomplish goals.
 Controlling
 Monitoring, comparing, and correcting the work.
Management Functions
What Do Managers Do? (cont’d)
• Management Roles
Approach
 Interpersonal roles
 Figurehead, leader, liaison
 Informational roles
 Monitor,
disseminator,
spokesperson
 Decisional roles
 Disturbance handler,
resource allocator, negotiator
What Do Managers Do? (cont’d)
• Skills Approach
 Technical skills
 Knowledge and proficiency in a specific field
 Human skills
 The ability to work well with other people
 Conceptual skills
 Theability to think and conceptualize about abstract
and complex situations concerning the organization
Skills Needed at Different Management Levels
Conceptual Skills
• Using information to solve business problems
• Identifying of opportunities for innovation
• Recognizing problem areas and implementing
solutions
• Selecting critical information from masses of
data
• Understanding of business uses of technology
• Understanding of organization’s business model
Communication Skills
• Ability to transform ideas into words and actions
• Credibility among colleagues, peers, and
subordinates
• Listening and asking questions
• Presentation skills; spoken format
• Presentation skills; written and/or graphic
formats
Effectiveness Skills
• Contributing to corporate mission/departmental
objectives
• Customer focus
• Multitasking: working at multiple tasks in parallel
• Negotiating skills
• Project management
• Reviewing operations and implementing
improvements
Effectiveness Skills (cont’d)
• Setting and maintaining performance standards
internally and externally
• Setting priorities for attention and activity
• Time management
Interpersonal Skills
• Coaching and mentoring skills
• Diversity skills: working with diverse people and
cultures
• Networking within the organization
• Networking outside the organization
• Working in teams; cooperation and commitment
How The Manager’s Job Is Changing
• The Increasing Importance of Customers
 Customers: the reason that organizations exist
 Managing customer relationships is the responsibility of
all managers and employees.
 Consistent high quality customer service is essential for
survival.
• Innovation
 Doing things differently, exploring new territory, and
taking risks
 Managers should encourage employees to be aware of
and act on opportunities for innovation.
Changes
Impacting
the Manager’s
Job
What Is An Organization?
• An Organization Defined
 A deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish
some specific purpose
• Common Characteristics of Organizations
 Have a distinct purpose (goal)
 Composed of people
 Have a deliberate structure
Characteristics of Organizations
The Changing Organization
Why Study Management?
• The Value of Studying Management
 The universality of management
 Good management is needed in all organizations.
 The reality of work
 Employees either manage or are managed.
 Rewards and challenges of being a manager
 Management offers challenging, exciting and creative
opportunities for meaningful and fulfilling work.
 Successful managers receive significant monetary
rewards for their efforts.
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