Teambuilding Block - Seminar 3.4 CAP Corporate Learning Course

1
Teambuilding Block - Seminar 3.4CAP Corporate
Learning Course
Management Principles
2
Objectives
1. Describe basic management principles 2.
Describe the concepts of span of control and
unity of command 3. Describe characteristics of
some of the leading management theories 4.
Compare and contrast leadership and management
3
Introduction What does it mean to be a good
manager?

• Good managers impact others in positive ways.
• Good managers are a valuable resource in our
  personal and professional lives.
• (Your response) _________________________________
  __________

4
Four Management Principles (or Functions)

• Planning
• Determine Goals
• How goals will be achieved
• Decision making

5
Four Management Principles (or Functions)Cont.

• 2. Organizing
• Reflect on plans and objectives
• Establish major tasks
• Divide major tasks into subtasks
• Allocate resources
• Evaluate the results of your strategy

6
Four Management Principles (or Functions)Cont.

• 3. Influencing
• Achieve the organizations goal by motivating,
  directing, or leading
• Effective communication

7
Four Management Principles (or Functions)Cont.

• 4. Controlling
• Making things happen as planned
• Monitor the progress being made by your workers
• Gathering information and measuring performance

8
Span of Control and
Unity of Command

• Span of Control
• Number of individuals a manager supervises
• Span of Control and Span of Management are the
  same term

• Unity of Command
• Individual should have one boss
• Too many bosses cause inefficiencies and
  ineffectiveness

9
Management Theories

• The Classical Approach
• Scientific Management
• Classical Organization Theory
• The Behavioral Approach
• Increase production by understanding the people
• Hawthorne Studies
• Theory X and Theory Y
• Theory X lazy, lacks initiative, dislikes work
• Theory Y full of initiative, self-directed and
  committed to the organization
• Involves expectations and assumptions about
  people
• Management by Objectives
• Manager and subordinate set goals with
  understanding that subordinates job performance
  would be judged by achieving goals Peter Drucker

10
Leadership vs. Management

• Leadership
• Guiding the behavior of others
• Directs people to accomplish objectives

• Management
• Concerned with more than just people such as all
  the other resources available to them
• Broader scope than leading
• Effective managers are probably good leaders

11
Exercise

• Baseball Team Whos Who
• Divide into teams with 3-6 members
• Select a group leader for each group
• Using the clues provided, try to determine who
  plays each position on a baseball team
• Solve the problem and analyze how your group
  leader led you through the process and how the
  group interacted during the decision making

12
Summary

• I. The four principles of management are
• Planning Determining the organizations goals
  and deciding how best to achieve them.
• Organizing Assigning tasks to various
  individuals or groups puts plan into action.
• Influencing Guiding the activities of the
  organizations members.
• Controlling Making things happen as planned and
  monitoring the progress made by your workers.
• II. Span of Control refers to the number of
  individuals a manager supervises. Unity of
  Command means that an individual should only have
  one boss.

13
Summary (cont.)
III. Management theories include The Classical
Approach which identifies planning, organizing,
leading and controlling as important managerial
concepts The Behavioral Approach which strives
to increase production by understanding the
people Theory X and Theory Y which involved the
positive or negative assumptions a manager would
make about people Management by Objectives
which involved manager and subordinate setting
goals that would influence the job performance
evaluation of the subordinate IV. The distinction
between leadership and management is that
leadership is guiding the behavior of others and
management is concerned with more than just
people (all resources must come together to
accomplish the goal).