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Functions of Management
There is a statement: "Management is getting work done through people." Moist of achievements in any society take place because groups of people get involved in joint effort. Almost everyone is, was, or someday will be a manager, i.e. the person who coordinates human, information, physical, and financial resources of an organization. In order to perform their functions adequately, managers need interpersonal, organizational, and technical skills.
Management is a team of managers who are in charge of the organization at different levels. Regardless of the specific job, most managers perform five basic functions:
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Controlling.
Planning involves determining overall company objectives and deciding how these goals can best be achieved. Managers consider alternative plans before choosing a specific course of action at all managerial levels. Planning is listed the first management function because the others depend on it. However, even as managers move on to perform other functions, planning continues as goals and alternatives are further evaluated and revised.
Organizing, the second management function, is putting the plan into action. Organizing involves allocating resources, especially human resources, so that the objectives can be attained; creating new positions and determining responsibilities. Staffing, i.e. choosing the right person for the right job, is also a part of the organizing function.
Fourth is the day-to-day direction and supervision of employees. In directing, managers guide, teach, and motivate people so that they reach their potential abilities, and at the same time achieve the company goals set in the planning stage.
At last managets controll and evaluate how well overall company objectives; are being met. If there are any problems and objectives are not being met, changes need to be made in the company's organizational, or managerial, structure. In making changes, managers might have to go back and replan, reorganize, and redirect. Effective managers achieve the goals of the company through a successful combination of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling.
Personal business management is a one-semester course for the high school students. Its purpose is to provide students with a variety of tools necessary to meet future needs making career decisions, managing money, providing economic security, managing credit, and keeping up to date with technology. It is useful for all the students for better understanding and adaptating to the financial world they will enter. A student examines his or her societal and personal expectations, needs and wants, controls and restraints both for the present and future. The emphasis is made on decision-making skills, planning and analysis. The informed person is better able to draw maximum benefit and is well-adjusted to the social, economic, and technological changes.
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1. What is management?
2. What are managerial tasks/goals?
3. Why is planning the first managerial function?
4. What are the other managerial functions?
5. How do the managers achieve the goals of a company?
6. What kind of skills must a manager have?
7. What is Personal Business Management?
Is it necessary to introduce this subject in Russia?
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Management () | a team of managers responsible for driving / leading an organization toward its objectives |
Manager () | a person who has the skills or is in the position to oversee the functions of an organization |
Objective () | a statement derived from an organization's goals |
Alternative () | a choice or option; in decision-making a potential solution to a problem |
Budget () | plan of incomes and expenditures |
Supervision () | control of employees' performance, training and motivating |
Position () | a job in a company or organization |
Personal Assistant (n) | secretary who provides special help to a manager or director |
Personnel Department (n) | a department in a company, that keeps, records, training and recruitment |
Attain (v) | achieve; to successfully complete something |
Move on (v) | continue |
Motivate (v) | direct the behavior of employees toward company goals |
Allocate (v) | distribute for a specific purpose |
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Direction | secretary who provides special help to a manager or director |
Move on | to set aside or distribute for a specific purpose |
Motivate | to continue to the next phase |
Allocate | to direct the behavior of employees toward company goals |
Position | Instruction and supervision of some course of action |
Objective | a choice or option |
Alternative | a statement derived from an organization's goals |
Personal Assistant | a job within a company or organization |
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managerial | general |
strategy | responsibility |
be in charge of | achieve |
duty | stage |
attain | set up |
establish | be responsible for |
phase | course of action |
overall | organizational |
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govern an organization
run a company
meet objectives
To attain goals
To perform functions
To centralize authority
To delegate authority
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To achieve goals
To establish objectives
To assign tasks
To perform tasks
To make changes
To respond to changes
To reach someone's potential abilities
To adhere to rules.
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Arranging a meeting
A: What about the Draft Contract?
: Oh, I haven't finished it yet. Don't worry, it'll be ready on time.
A: Good. I've got a meeting with the lawyer tomorrow at 9. Will you come?
B: Just a moment. I'll look into my diary...
Yes, that'll be OK. What are you going to discuss?
A: We're going to talk about packing.
B: Right, I'll certainly be there.
A: Great. Look, I'm going to have lunch in half an hour.
B: Sorry, I've got another appointment for lunch. We could meet later this afternoon.
A: OK, let's say at 3 o'clock P.M. in my office.
B: Fine, I'll be there.
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Alterations, team, established, overall, goal, achieved, position, stages
Plans are set up in the first stage of the project.
Organization goals are attained by successfully combining the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling.
During training for my present job I took courses in accounting.
The organizing function may be divided into two phases: determining positions and their associated duties and staffing those positions.
Managers should periodically control how well general company goals are being met.
It is the purpose of an organization to "make common people do uncommon things".
The risk of choosing a wrong course of action may be lessened by participation of a group rather than an individual manager.
Plans are often subject to slight changes before implementation.
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To govern an organization needs strength
To run a company needed funds
To meet objectives need motivation
To attain goals we need money
To perform functions need materials
To centralize authority necessary laws
To delegate authority must be able to manage people
To achieve goals need workers
To establish objectives needed owner
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