UNIT 1 – MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
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Learning About Management
Everyone knows something about management But preconceptions can block new understanding
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New understanding requires an OPEN MIND
That’s certainly one way to do it…
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Management
Definition and Purpose of MANAGEMENT
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Management
Is responsible for planning organizing, leading and controlling all resources so that they work effectively to accomplish the organization’s purpose.
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Relationship between an Organization and its External Environment
The organization is an open system with permeable or intentionally leaky boundaries though which resources can flow.
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Management
Basic Resource Exchange
RESOURCES IN required to just replenish those that are lost by day to day existence
ORGANIZATION
RESOURCES OUT required for organizational survival Examples include: • Salaries • Rent and Utilities • Taxes
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Including Resources Needed for Production
RESOURCES IN required to just replenish those that are lost by day to day existence RESOURCES OUT Sales of goods and services
ORGANIZATION
RESOURCES IN required for production of goods and services
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RESOURCES OUT required for organizational survival
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INFORMATION
MARKETS
CULTURE
LABOUR
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
SUPPLIERS TECHNOLOGY
PUBLIC INFASTRUCTURE
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GOVERNMENT
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Management
Friend or Foe?
Environmental influences are mostly neutral – indifferent to a business and uncaring about its health and welfare
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Friend or Foe?
The environment must be attracted to