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Managers

The people who plan, organize, lead, and control the operation of an organization

Management

The process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling a business's financial, physical, human, and information resources in order to achieve its goals

What are the differences between management effectiveness and management efficiency?

Efficiency = achieving the greatest level of output with a given amount of input
Effectiveness = achieving organizational goals that have been set

What are the 4 functions of Management?

1. Planning
2. Leading
3. Organizing
4. Controlling

Planning

determining what the business needs to do and the best way to achieve it

What are the three types of plans?

1. Strategic Plans
2. Tactical Plans
3. Operational Plans

What are the 5 steps of the planning process?

step 1. Goals are established for the organization
step 2. Managers identify whether a gap exists
step 3. Managers develop plans to achieve the desired objective
step 4. The plans that have been decided upon are implemented.
step 5. The effectiveness of the plan is assessed.

Organizing

- determining how to use existing resources to implement the plan
- arranging jobs in a structure to create an efficient task system

Leading (or directing)

That portions of a manager's job concerned with guiding and motivating employees to meet the firm's objectives

What are the 3 abilities a managers must have relating to leading?

1. Authority to give orders
2. Ability to guide employees
3. Power to motivate subordinates

The management process which involves interactions between managers and their subordinates is:

Leading

Controlling

That portion of a manager's job concerned with monitoring the firm's performance and, if necessary, acting to bring it in line with the firm's goals.

what are the control process steps?

1. Management establishes standards (often for financial performance)
2. Measure actual performance against standards
3. Assess if the measured performance match standards
If yes, continue current activities
If no, adjust performance or standards

Many management problems can be approached in:

rational
logical
objective
systematic
interpersonal skills
abstract conceptual thinking

What are the 3 levels of management?

1. Top management
2. Middle management
3. First-line management

Top managers

Responsible for the overall performance and effectiveness of the firm

Set general policies, formulate strategies, and approve all significant decisions

Represent the company in dealings with other firms and with government bodies

What are common titles for top managers?

President
Vice-president
Treasurer
Chief operating officer (COO)
Chief executive officer (CEO)
Chief Financial officer (CF))

Middle management

Responsible for implementing the strategies of and working toward the goals set by top managers

What are common titles for middle managers?

Plant manager
Operations manager
Division manager
Regional sales manager

First-line manager

Responsible for supervising the work of employees who report to them

Ensure employees understand and are properly trained in company policies and procedures

What are common titles for first-line managers?

Supervisor
Office manager
Group leader
Sales Manager

What are the 5 areas of management?

1. Marketing Managers
2. Financial Managers
3. Operations Managers
4. Human Resource Managers
5. Information Managers

Human resource managers

hire employees
train employees
evaluate employees performance
decide how they should be compensated
deal with labour unions

Operations Managers

Responsible for a company's system for creating goods and services:
- production control
- inventory control
- quality control

Information managers

Responsible for designing and implementing various systems to gather, process and distribute information

Marketing Managers

development, pricing, promotion, and distribution of products and services

Financial Managers

Plan and oversee its financial resources

Research and development managers

need information about projected costs and revenues of any proposed changes in products and services

Public relations managers

review and sometimes write news releases.
They also sponsor corporate events to help maintain and improve the image and identity of their organization or client.

Different levels in an organization require what?

different combinations of managerial skills

What are Mintzberg's 3 Managerial Roles?

interpersonal, informational, decisional

What are the 3 Interpersonal roles?

1. figurehead
2. leader
3. liaison

What are the 3 informational roles?

1. Monitor
2. Disseminator
3. Spokesperson

What are the 4 decision-making roles?

1. entrepreneur
2. disturbance handler
3. resource allocator
4. negotiator

Technical skills

Skills associated with performing specialized tasks within a firm

Technical skills are especially important for

first-line managers.

Human relations skills

Skills in understanding and getting along with people

Conceptual skills

Abilities to think in the abstract, diagnose and analyze various situations, and see beyond the present situation

Time management skills

Skills associated with the productive use of time

What are the 4 leading causes of wasted time?

1. Paperwork
2. The telephone
3. Meetings
4. Email

What are the 3 basic decision characteristics?

1. Problem/ Opportunity
2. Programmed
3. Under several different Risk Conditions

Decision-making skills

Skills in defining problems and selecting the best courses of action

Problem decisions

there is a specific problem that must be solved

Opportunity decisions

there is no specific problem but rather an opportunity presents itself

Programmed decisions

those that are made frequently and are highly structured

non-programmed decisions

those that are made infrequently and are poorly structured

What are the 6 steps in the rational decision making process?

1. Recognizing and defining the decision situation
2. Identifying alternatives
3. Evaluating alternatives
4. Selecting the best alternative
5. Implementing the chosen alternative
6. Following up and evaluating the results

What are the 6 steps in the rational decision making process? book

1. Recognize that a decision is necessary
2. Identify possible alternatives
3. Evaluate alternatives
4. Select the best alternatives
5. Implement the chosen alternatives
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of the decision

Recognizing and Defining the Decision Situation

Some stimulus indicates that a decision must be made. The stimulus may be positive or negative

Identifying the alternatives of effective action

Both obvious and creative alternatives are desired. In general, the more important the decision, the more alternatives should be generated
factors such as legal restrictions, moral and ethical norms, and available technology can limit their alternatives

Evaluating alternatives

Each alternative is evaluated to determine its feasibility, its satisfactoriness, and its consequences.
Not all alternatives can be done due to legal or financial barriers, limited human, material, and information resources.

Selecting the best alternative

Consider all situational factors and choose the alternative that best fits the manager's situation

Implementing the chosen alternative

The chosen alternative is implemented into the organization system.
Consideration during the implementation is employees resistance to change for reasons such as; insecurity, inconvenience, and fear of the unknown

Following up and evaluating the results

At some time in the future, the manager should ascertain the extent to which the alternative chosen in step 4 and implemented in step 5 was worked

What are the 4 behavioural aspects of decision making?

1. Organizational politics
2. Escalation of commitment
3. Intuition
4. Risk propensity

Organizational politics

the action that people take as they try to get what they want

Risk propensity

how much a manager is willing to gamble when making decisions

Strategic Management

The process of helping an organization maintain an effective alignment with its environment

Goals

Objectives that a business plan to attain

Strategic Goals

performance objectives that a firm plans to achieve

Strategy

The broad set of organizational plans for implementing the decisions made for achieving organizational goals

What are the 4 main purposes in goal setting?

1. Provides direction, guidance, and motivation for all managers
2. Goal setting helps firms allocate resources
3. Help define corporate culture
4. Helps managers assess performance

Vision (or purpose)

A statement indicating why an organization exist and what kind or organization it wants to be

Mission statement

An organization's statement of how it will achieve its purpose in the environment in which it conducts its business

Long term goals

five or more years

Intermediate Goals

One to five years

Short term goals

Less than one year

SMART goals

goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-framed

Strategy Formulation

Creation of a broad program for defining and meeting an organization's goals

What are the steps in the strategy formulation?

Step 1. Setting strategic goals
Step 2. Analyzing the organization and its environment (SWOT)
Step 3. Matching the organization to its environment

Strategy formulation involves, in order,

(1) setting strategic goals,
(2) analyzing the organization and its environment
(3) matching the organization and its environment.

The final step in strategy formulation is to?

match the organization and its environment

Strategic goals

Long-term goals derived directly from the firm's mission statement

SWOT analysis

identification and analysis of organizational strengths and weaknesses and environmental opportunities and threats as part of strategy formulation

The term SWOT analysis stands for the identification of

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

SWOT Analysis (slide)

Internal Strength
Internal Weaknesses
External Opportunities
External Threats

What is the final step in strategy formulation?

Matching company strengths to environmental opportunities
Minimizing the impact of threats and company weaknesses

pportunities and threats are factors external to the firm and are assessed using environmental analysis

...

An organizational analysis involves looking for ________, while an environmental analysis involves looking for ________.

strengths and weaknesses; threats and opportunities

In a SWOT analysis, strengths and weaknesses are factors that are ________ to the firm, while opportunities and threats are factors that are ________ to the firm.

internal; external

The purpose of ________ strategy is to determine the businesses the firm will be in and how these businesses will relate to each other.

Corporate

What is corporate culture?

The shared experiences, stories, and beliefs that characterize a firm

...

strategy takes place at the level of the business unit or product line and focuses on a firm's competitive position.

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