CMEC01 12/8/06 8:50 Page 1 Chapter 1 Managers and Managing LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ you should be able to: ✓ Describe what management is‚ why management is important‚ what managers do‚ and how managers utilise organisational resources efficiently and effectively to achieve organisational goals. ✓ Distinguish among planning‚ organising‚ leading and controlling (the four principal managerial functions)‚ and explain how managers’ ability to handle each one can affect organisational
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Cat Inc. is the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment‚ diesel and natural gas engines‚ and industrial turbines. It is also a technology leader in construction‚ transportation‚ mining‚ forestry‚ energy‚ logistics‚ and electric power generation. Its corporate world headquarters is located in Peoria‚ Illinois. Cat Inc is comprised of 26 business units. Cat Inc. is rated number 1 or 2 in every major S&P 500 and Dow Jones Index tracked category in the Construction‚ Agriculture
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important part of any business and managing them is an important task. Our institution has come forward with the opportunity to bridge the gap by imparting modern scientific management principle underlying the concept of the future prospective managers. To the emphasis on practical aspect of management education the faculty of College Name has with a modern system of practical training of repute and following management technique to the student as integral part of PGDM.
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6.14 Show that for a sample of n = 39‚ the smallest and largest Z values are – 1.96 and + 1.96‚ and the middle (i.e.‚ 20th) Z value is 0.00. 6.19 The data in the file spending represent the per-capita spending‚ in thousands of dollars‚ for each state in 2004. Decide whether the data appear to be approximately normally distributed by A. Comparing data characteristics to theoretical properties. B. Constructing a normal probability plot. 7.1. For a population containing N=902 individuals what code number
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 3C (MANAGER DEVELOPMENT/BUM 321) ASSIGNMENT 1 Question 1 a) The roles of management are the four basic management functions (planning‚ organising‚ leading and controlling) and six additional management functions (decision making‚ communication‚ coordination‚ delegation and disciplining). The basic management functions are the most important steps in the management process and are performed consecutively during each activity during the simultaneous performance of different
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Preparing a Master Budget You are the new manager of the Betterbuy Electronics store in the Mall of America. Top management of Betterbuy Electronics is convinced that management training should include the active participation of store managers in the budgeting process. You have been asked to prepare a complete master budget for your store for June‚ July‚ and August. All accounting is done centrally so you have no expert help on the premises. In addition‚ tomorrow the branch manager and the
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organizational unit‚ every manager must perform some ceremonial duties as well as greet dignitaries‚ attend weddings‚ or take out customers. As figurehead of an organization managers need to take responsibility for actions of the employees such as taking blame for a mishap that may have occurred Leader Managers are responsible for the work of their respective people of their unit. They must partake in leadership roles such as motivating and encouraging employees. As a leader‚ the manager must empower their
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line managers have a lack of desire to implement HRM. However‚ willingness is essential for someone to perform effectively. Furthermore‚ line managers do not have capacity to implement HRM‚ since they have other‚ more pressing‚ short term operational responsibilities. This short-range focus may result in people management that is generally less effective. Besides‚ line managers have limited skills and competences in HRM due to a lack of training. It is suggested that these low competences are a significant
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activities to achieve desired outcomes. A manager is someone who works with and through other people by co-ordinating their work activities to accomplish organisational goals. (Robbins‚ Stagg‚ Coulter‚ 2003‚ p.10) This definition states‚ the fundamental responsibility of a manager‚ is to accomplish the organisations objectives by ’getting things done through people’. There are however several ways of conceiving managerial responsibilities‚ as a ’manager’ can be viewed from many different positions
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management literature. There is a close connection between leadership and power. People follow leaders because they have power and people will follow them‚ the leaders get the power to lead. French and Raven (1959) identified that the power bases that managers can use are aimed to influence employees which include two types of personal power: expert power (respect accorded because of knowledge or skill and referent power (personal identification with and desire to emulate the leader). Three types of position
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