Managers and
the Management of Organizations
ORGANIZATION
1. Objectives
reasons for being
individual vs group/organizational
objectives
2. Resources
2 types: human/non-human
the 8 M’s
3. Relationships
2 types: scalar/functional
4. Authority & accountability
5. Decision making
6. Technology
2 types: hardware/software
7. Work satisfaction
Makes possible the efficient use of limited resources
for unlimited human wants
Facilitates productive relationships among people
and the resources of the organizations
Basic underlying principle in all organized activities
Facilitates accomplishment of group objectives
Enhances the production of values and/or utilities
thus bringing about benefits on which the society is
actually dependent on its existence
Clarifying Terms:
ADMINISTRATOR
SUPERVISOR
MANAGER
LEADER
Types of Managers
Informational roles
Monitor
Disseminator
Spokesperson
Decisional roles
Entrepreneur (initiate/promote
projects)
Problem-solver-disturbance handler
(responds to problems)
Resource allocator (estimates
priorities among competing project)
Negotiator (dealings w/in/outside)
Administrative roles
Processing paperwork
Preparing/administering budgets
Monitoring policies/procedures
MANAGERIAL SKILLS
Middle : ?
Top : conceptual/human/technical
What Managers Do
Managers work with and through people; they act as
channels of communication within the organization.
Influence/authority (power)
Motivation (behavior)
Communication (relating)
MANAGERS and LEADERS
Management:
ART or SCIENCE?