1. Management Activities
PLOC
Planning: direction and resources and investors like to see it.
Short, Medium and Long

2. SMART Principles of a plan
Specific clear
Measurable
Agreed by management
Realistic
Timing timeframe

3. Types of plans Background to planning = a SWOT Analysis
Mission statement: Companies write up what their business stands for.
Strategic plans: plan for up to 5 years. Manger to manager
Tactical plans = Short term plan

4. Devise strategy Low cost Niche Differentiation Other types;
ManPower planning for existing and future demands.
Canflow forecasts

5. Planning Short term plan might involve workers carrying out a function
Contingency planning
Back up plan

6. Barriers to plan: Lazy managers No future, no changes Staff
Inflexibility
Internal and external factors affect planning

7. Organizing
Arranging resources (employees, machines and money) to maximize objectives
Different Structures are:
Functional- jobs from top down, answerable to person above
Span of control - how many workers per manager. Narrow: less to one manager

8. Quests?

9. Functional structure MD HR Finance Marketing Production Manager Manger
More Managers HR
Marketing
Manger
Employees

10. Line and Staff
Different cos specialist like a Human resource manager to engage with each level
Use red I.T pen to draw on functional

11. Matrix Structure and BPR
Combine departments staff into project teams report to MD
Business Process Re-engineering (BPR): More flexible and allows for sharing of ideas and responsibility. Team leaders in charge of multidisciplinary teams

12. Quests? Types of planning and explain?
Define and give Types of organisation structures?
Barriers to planning?
Devise strategies? Low Cost leadership ……

13. Shamrock Structure Flexible workers Core Workers Organisation Customer
Contract work

14. Shamrock Structure Core worker: Nerve center, all equals in teams
Flexible and contract: Bring in needed skills
part time
Customer: Work for the company when they ring after sales, use ATM’s, serve themselves the food etc

15. Read Product and Geo Structures
Advantages of Planning, Organising and Controlling for a business read on p135,142, 148

16. What the difference between Geo and Prod structures?
Advantages of POC?

17. Control Monitor data and meet objectives
e.g control of resources, costs/finance, balance stock, staff, monitor plans
How should things be changed to meet Obje
Need Measurement systems
Control: Quality of Production, impact on society, objectives, resources
Balance stock: J.I.T Just In Time delivery. Given when needed.

18. Steps in controlling Set targets Measure and investigate if on target
Make the changes necessary to achieve goals.

19. Credit Control Set a 30 day limit for example
Check credit ratings using stubbs gazette mag.
Send bills out on time and discount to clients who pay within the limit.
Add interest or take to court if don’t pay.

20. Quests Define Control? What type of things must you control?
What are the steps to control?
How can you get credit control?

21. Questions Name the management activities? What is SMART planning?
Other types of plans are…?
Barriers to good planning?
Explain what control is made up of?
Draw a Functional, A Shamrock and a Matrix organisation structure in your copies now!
Show mission statements from internet

22. Conclusion Smart plans POC Planning , Strategy
Organisational structures
What to control in business e.g credit