Unit 1 - Management: Function, Role, Skills and Evolution

This management function includes setting standards for work, evaluating performances and solving problems that prevent certain task from being completed.

• Planning

• Organizing

• Leading

• Controlling

This refers to a person's need of status, prestige, self-respect, independence, achievements, and respect from others.

• Physiological

• Belongingness

• Esteem

• Safety

This refers to the process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources.

• Calibration

• Management

• Organization

• Supervision

This involves analyzing of information and making decisions about what needs to be done. This includes long term and short term goals.

• Planning
• Organizing
• Implementing
• Controlling

This function of management determines how plans can most effectively be accomplished by arranging and assigning resources to complete the work.

• Observing

• Organizing

• Planning

• Staffing

In this level of management, managers make strategic and long-term decisions.

• First line/supervisory level

• Mid level or middle manager level

• Top level management

• All of the above

This refers to the manager's ability to assess a situation, identify opportunities, create strategies and ascertain courses of action.

• Conceptual skills

• Interpersonal skills

• Leading skills

• Technical skills

This is the formal line of authority which moves from highest to lowest rank in a straight line. This specifies the route through which the information is to be communicated from the top level to the desired department/person.

• Esprit de Corps

• Line Authority

• Scalar Chain

• Stability of Tenure

All of the following are pros of becoming a manager except __________.

• more money

• become a better leader

• more work

• more experience

This assumes that people are willing to work, like responsibility, self-directed, and motivated.

• Theory X

• Theory Y

• Adult Personality

• Hawthorne effect