ONE
OBJECTIVES
LEARNING
5. List the major challenges and opportunities for managers to use OB concepts.
What Managers Do
Managers (or administrators)
Individuals who achieve goals through other people.
Allocate resources
Direct activities of others to attain goals
Management Functions
Planning Organizing
Management Functions
Controlling Leading
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H. Mintzberg. Copyright 1973 by H. Mintzberg. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education.
E X H I B I T 11
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H. Mintzberg. Copyright 1973 by H. Mintzberg. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education.
E X H I B I T 11 (contd)
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H. Mintzberg. Copyright 1973 by H. Mintzberg. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education.
E X H I B I T 11 (contd)
Management Skills
Technical skills
The ability to apply specialized knowledge or expertise.
Human skills
The ability to work with, understand, and motivate other people, both individually and in groups.
Conceptual Skills
The mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations.
2. Communication
Exchanging routine information and processing paperwork
4. Networking
Socializing, politicking, and interacting with others
Systematic study
Looking at relationships, attempting to attribute causes and effects, and drawing conclusions based on scientific evidence.
Psychology
The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals.
E X H I B I T 13 (contd)
E X H I B I T 13 (contd)
E X H I B I T 13 (contd)
E X H I B I T 13 (contd)
x x
May be related to
y y
In Country 2
National Origin
A Downside to Empowerment?
E X H I B I T 1-6
Turnover
The voluntary and involuntary permanent withdrawal from an organization.
Individual-Level Variables
Group-Level Variables