Administrative management

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Management theory - Administrative management

Fayol's management functions

planning- deciding what needs to be achieved and developing action plans.

organising- dividing work into units and allocating them to different departments or people.

commanding- giving instructions to those responsible to carry out the work.

coordinating- harmonising all the different activities of the organisation

controlling- setting targets, ensuring they are met and correcting failure to achieve targets.

Mintzberg's management roles

interpersonal- relationships with people

- figurehead- represents the organisation

- leader- harmonises the need of the individual's with the needs of the organisations'

- liason- acts as a link between the organisation and the external organisations.

informational- relationships with handling and passing on information

- monitor- keeps track of what is going on inside and outside the organisation

- disseminator- passes data on to other people in the organisation

- spokesman- describes the organisation to those outside

decisional- relationships involving actions made

- entrepreneur- initiates and plans how to exploit opportunities and solve problems

- disturbance handler- deals with unusual situations and unforeseen problems

- resource allocator- chooses how to use resources such as money and people

- negotiator- mediates in, and helps to resolve, internal and external conflicts