Introduction to management

What is management?


According to Robbins and Mary Coulter (Management – 9th edition) management include coordinating and overseeing the work activities of others so that their activities are completed efficiently and effectively.

Managers must make sure that all the works or activities are effectively and efficiently done by the people who are responsible for doing them.

Efficiency and effectiveness in management;
- efficiency means that all the resources are wisely used (low waste). The efficient managers will use a small amount of resources to get the most output for organization to market it.

- effectiveness is an ends with goal attainment. The effective managers doing the right things to meet the organization’s goals.

When the managers use the resources wisely but not getting the organization’s goal, means the managers are efficient but no effective. On the other hand, if the managers succeeded in attaining the organization’s goal by using all the resources, that means the managers are being effective but not efficient. All in all, the management strives for high efficiency and high effectiveness.

Why study management?

You may not understand how studying management is going to help you in your career. But we can explain the importance of studying management by looking at at these 3 things, i.e.:

1. The universality of management
Management is needed in all types of organization, all sizes of organization, all organizations levels and even needed in all organizational areas manufacturing e.g. marketing, human resources, accounting, information technology, etc.

2. The reality of work
Either you are going to be a manager or be managed, you need to learn about management. If you decided want to be a manager, you can practise good management skills by taking the management course. But if you want to work with a manager and be managed, you still need to take management course because it will educate you on way of your boss will behave and how organization functions.

3. Challenges and rewards of being a manager
You need to know and understands what are the challenges of being a manager and what are the rewards for being a good manager.

In addition, you need to understand the importance of studying management by looking at the management functions (planning, organizing, leading & controlling) and management tasks.



*** For this post, i wrote this "introduction to management" so that you can get a picture of what management is all about... Read and memorize these notes ARE NOT a wise thing to do. The best thing that you should do is to read the notes, understand it, jot down questions that you need to ask and try to find the answer. If you still don't get the picture/answer for your question, you can leave a comment. Tq. STRIVE TO EXCELL...