1. Why Study Management? The Value of Studying Management
The universality of management
Good management is needed in all organizations
The reality of work
Employees either manage or are managed
Self-employment
Running your own business rather than working for someone else
Learning Objective #5
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2. Exhibit 1.10 Universal Need for Management
All Sizes of Organizations
Small Large
All Organizational Areas
Manufacturing
—Marketing
Management
All Types of Organizations
Is Needed
Human Resources —
Accounting
in...
Profit Not-for-Profit
Information Systems —
etc.
All Organization Levels
Bottom Top
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3. Summary and Implications
What makes someone a manager?
Managers work with and through other people by coordinating employee work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals.
What is management and what do managers do?
Management is coordinating work activities so that they are done efficiently and effectively.
Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, and Nancy Langton, Management, Ninth Canadian Edition
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4. Summary and Implications
What characteristics define an organization?
Managers work in a variety of organizations both large and small within various industries
What are the challenges to managing?
The greatest managerial challenge is the crisis in ethical responsibility damaging today’s organizations
Does studying management make a difference?
Understanding management helps us to improve organizations
Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, and Nancy Langton, Management, Ninth Canadian Edition
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