MANAGMNT 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Henry Mintzberg
3 Oct 2016
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Organization: a group of people working together in a division of labor for a common purpose. Management: as a process: using resources in a goal-directed manner (input p output, earn, as a noun: individuals who carry out management tasks and responsibilities, as a specific group: in negotiations as in management-labor negotiations. Managerial challenges: change (a) technology, (b) globalization, resources, strategically, entrepreneurially. Historical approaches to management: china, egypt, roman empire, europe, a more complete examination of managerial is in the appendix. What do managers do: management functions: polc plan organize lead control. Managerial roles (henry mintzberg: interpersonal: figurehead, leader, liason, informational: monitor, disseminator, spokesperson. Spokesperson = informational: decisional: entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, negotiator. Managerial job dimensions: demands: what a manger must do, constraints: limiting factors (time, budgets, technology, attitudes and regulations, choices: amount of discretion allowed to a manger in response to demands.
