APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT Dr.M. Thenmozhi Professor Department of Management Studies Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036 E-mail: mtm@iitm.ac.in APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Empirical Approach Human Behaviour Approach Social System Approach Decision Theory Approach Mathematical Approach Socio-Technical Systems Approach Systems Approach Contingency Approach Operational Approach REASONS & PROBLEMS 1) Semantic problems in management literature. 2)
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WESTERN VISAYAS COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LA PAZ‚ ILOILO CITY UNIT I - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ELMA B. TALAMAN JUDITH ABETO DR. CATHERINE SUMACULOB CATHERINE CERVERA Professor Discussants ------------------------------------------------- Every human being has several needs and desires but no individual can satisfy all his wants. Therefore‚ people work together to meet their mutual needs which they cannot fulfil individually. Moreover‚ man
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MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS The functions of management uniquely describe managers ’ jobs. The most commonly cited functions of management are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling‚ although some identify additional functions. The functions of management define the process of management as distinct from accounting‚ finance‚ marketing‚ and other business functions. These functions provide a useful way of classifying information about management‚ and most basic management texts since the 1950s have
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Q1. Define the terms ‘strategy’. Explain the following: a) Corporate strategy b) Business strategy c) Functional strategy Ans: - Definition of Strategy: Strategy means the grand plan and the term is borrowed from the military which distinguished between the grand plan and actual action by calling the former strategy and the latter tactics a) Corporate strategy If you are a company like TATA or BIRLA‚ you will have several businesses under you and a corporate headquarters which controls these
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so as to achieve the sought objectives of the enterprise” Terry defined a principle as “a fundamental statement providing a guide to action‚” and his principles‚ like Fayol’s‚ were lighthouses to knowledge and not laws in a scientific sense Harold Koontz (19098-1984) and Cyril O’Donnell (1900-1976) defined management as “the function of getting things done through others”. They furthered Fayol’s ideas and sought to provide a conceptual framework for the orderly presentation of the principles of
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using available resources efficiently and effectively. Since organizations can be viewed as systems‚ management can also be defined as human action‚ including design‚ to facilitate the production of useful outcomes from a system. According to Harold Koontz‚ “Management is an art of getting things done through and with people in formally organised groups. It is an art of creating an environment in which people can perform as individuals and can co-operate towards the attainment of group goals”. According
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into the ground was what proposed this normal thought shared between Mesoamerican. David R. Coe and Rex Koontz said in their book‚ From the Olmecs to the Aztecs Mexico‚ that‚ “Deep caves and caverns were traditionally held to be entrances to the underworld in Mesoamerica‚ and Juxtlahuaca must have held to be entrances to the secret and chthonic rites celebrated by the frontier Olmec” (Coe and Koontz‚ pg. 91). These significant Olmec cave paintings unveil aspects regarding Olmec life and their
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(Col. Nathan R. Jessep)‚ Demi Moore (Lt. Cdr JoAnne Galloway) and Kevin Bacon (Capt. Jack Ross). The story revolves around a murder case on the basis of Code Red‚ which was basically an order by Colonel to his two officers‚ Wolfgang Bodison (Cpl Harold W. Dawson) and James Marshall (Pfc Louden Downey). After the murder of Santiago they both are shifted to Washington DC and then‚ Tom Cruise along with Demi Moore and Kevin Pollak (a friend and research colleague) fights their case. Section 1.0
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development of management thought. ’Even limited knowledge can help one appreciate the many opinions‚ ideas‚ and scientific underpinnings which preceded the upsurge of management thought may help us avoid rediscovering previously know ideas.’ (Harold Koontz‚ Heinz Weihrich‚ 1988) 2. Development in management theory 2.1 Management Development History The history of modern management has been characterized by the swing of a pendulum. ’Trace back the evolution of management theory from the nineteenth
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THE MANAGEMENT THEORY JUNGLE The purpose of this article is to identify the various schools of management theory‚ indicate the source of the differences‚ and to provide some suggestions for disentangling the management theory jungle. Koontz describes six schools of management theory as follows. 1. The Management Process School The management process school views management as a process of getting things done with people working in organized groups. Fathered by Henri Fayol‚ this school views management
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