Case Study Managers And Management - 2010 Words

Lecture 1: Managers Management - Dealing with organisations outside - Relating to supervisors - Interacting with co-workers - Manage yourself in the workplace Managers: what they do âž ¢ Management – pursuit of organisational goals efficiently and effectively âž ¢ Effectiveness: attaining organisational goals using resources âž ¢ Efficiency: achieving results, making the right decisions to achieve organisational goals âž ¢ Four primary functions: planning, organising, leading, controlling âž ¢ Planning: setting goals, deciding to achieve a certain goal âž ¢ Organising: arranging tasks, people, resources to accomplish the work âž ¢ Leading: motivating, directing, influencing people to achieve the organisation’s goals âž ¢ Controlling: monitoring†¦show more content†¦Competitive advantage 2. Globalisation 3. Diversity 4. Information technology (IT) 5. Ethics 6. Sustainability 7. Happiness life goals Lecture 2: The External Environment Environment: †¢ Managers and organisations: influenced and interact within the environment †¢ Environmental uncertainty: managers understand, predict changes and trends the environment affects organisations †¢ Stakeholders: heavily relied on individual interests †¢ Internal stakeholders – employees, owners, board of directors Task environment: †¢ Customers: paying to use an organisation’s