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1 CSC350: Learning Management Systems COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (Virtual Campus)

2 Lecture # 2 Understanding Managers & Management System 2

3 Overview of Previous Lecture 1.Objectives 2.Introduction -Learning -Management -System (s) 3.Significance of the Subject 4.Importance of Management 3

4 Topics of Discussion 1.Significance of Managers 2.Management System 3.Management Process & Functions 4.Mistakes Made by Mangers 5.Process and Organizational Resources 6.Effectiveness With Efficiency 7.Management Skills: Classical and Contemporary 8.Learning Management Careers 4

5 Significance of Managers  The Role of Management – Guide organizations toward goal accomplishment – Combine and use organizational resources to ensure organizations achieve their purpose – Encourage individual activities are focused on reaching organizational goals – Focus on activities or other factors that may get in the way of goal achievement Essentially, managers never take their minds off goal accomplishment 5

6 Defining Management System  A process/series of related activities  Focused on reaching organizational goals  Working with and through people and other organizational resources 6

7 Management Process & Functions  Planning – Setting organizational goals – Identifying actions to achieve the goals  Organizing – Determining tasks and groupings of work – Assigning tasks to individuals in the organization 7

8 Management Process & Functions..  Influencing – Working with people within organizations – Guiding the activities of organization members in appropriate directions  Controlling – Monitoring and measuring organizational performance – Determining if organization should be modified to meet pre-established standards 8

9 Mistakes Made by Mangers 9

10 Management Process and Organizational Resources  The four functions of management are interrelated  Performance of one function depends on performance of the others  Managers use these activities solely for reaching organizational goals 10

11 Management Process and Organizational Resources.. 11

12 Process & Resources…  Organizational Resources – Human – Monetary – Raw Materials – Capital  Managerial Effectiveness – When resources are used to achieve goals, managers are effective  Managerial Efficiency – When resources contribute to productivity, managers are efficient 12

13 Process and Resources… 13

14 Effectiveness With Efficiency 14

15 Universality of Management  Principles of management are universal  Functions of management are universal  Theory of Characteristics – Henry Fayol – All managers should possess certain characteristics – B. C. Forbes – Emphasized importance of personal qualities 15

16 What are Management Skills?  Defining Management Skill – Ability to carry out process of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources – Companies focus on developing managerial skills to enhance the manager’s and organization's abilities to achieve goals 16

17 Classical View of Mgt. Skill  Technical – Ability to apply specialized knowledge and expertise to work-related procedures  Human – Building cooperation with team being led  Conceptual – Ability to see the organization as a whole 17

18 Classical View of Mgt. Skill… 18

19  Task-Related – Efforts aimed at carrying out critical management- related duties  People-Related – Efforts aimed at managing people in the organization  Change-Related – Efforts aimed at modifying organizational components A Contemporary View of Management Skill

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21  Career – Sequence of work-related positions occupied by a person over a period of their lifetime – Careers are cumulative – Management positions at one level are stepping stones to management positions in a higher level Management Careers

22 Career Stages, Life Stages, & Performance

23 Planning Your Career Path

24  Women – Growth in proportion of men to women in management ranks seems to have changed very little in 10 years  Dual-Career Couples – Equal work and shared responsibilities of spouses – Whose career takes precedence? Special Career Issues

25 Women in Management

26 Conclusions  Management and Learning the Management is Important  Learning Improves the Management Skills and Efficiency  Improvement in the skills and management efficiency help professionals in career  Career is a cumulative concept built over the professional lifetime.  System plays significant role in the learning and management.  Software and their application is mandatory to compete in the competitive world. 26

27 Books 1.Introducing Modern Management: Concepts and Skills by Samuel C. Certo & S. Trevis Certo. 2.Learning Microsoft Office 2013, Advanced Student Edition by Suzanne Weixel, Faithe Wempen & Catherine Skintik 27

28 Thank You 28


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