Organization

3 characteriztics of Organizations

Achieving goals of an organization

structure of business, departments and functional areas

Non managerial employees
managers
top managers
middle managers

Term "manager"

Fredrick Winslow Taylor

Mechanical Engineer in Pennsylvania steel co.

Taylor is know as

first line managers

Management Levels

Management

Efficiency

Effectiveness

Poor management is often due to

good management

Means = efficiency
Low resource usages

no two organizations are alike

Four functions approach

Now

Henri Foyal
"Functions"

Planning

Organizing

Leading

Controlling

Henry Mintzberg
late 1960's
Empirical Study
"Roles"

Interpersonal Roles

Informational Roles

Decisional Roles

functions or roles?

small business definition

profit vs not for profit
companies

conceptual skills

interpersonal skills

technical skills

political skills

importance of roles in small and large businesses

new world of management