Book review: Principles of Management
Book: An Integrated Approach to Business Studies, 4th Edition
Author: Bruce R Jewell
Management is a process of attaining organisational goals in a efficient and effective manner by planning, organising, leading and controlling organisational resources. This book seeks to clarify that everyone is a manager regardless of the specified job or function being undertaken. Therefore the book divided the organisation into its main functions typical of every firm, that is, business organisation, external environment, marketing, accounting and finance, production operations, people in the organisation and strategy.
Business Organisations
Organisations can either be under the private or public sector. Private sector involves firms which are individually or privately owned such as sole proprietor, partnerships or companies. The Public sector involves state owned firms and activities that is central and local government control industries like hospitals, post offices, transport and water. They provide services rather than profit making as they ensure to bridge the gap between the poor and rich thus financed through taxation. Shareholders belong to both public and private companies; hence they enjoy limited liability to the business they have invested in.
Management can be defined as the art of getting things done by people. D. Torrrington and J. Weightman in Effective Management 1994 put forward the mnemonic GROUP to reinforce the idea that
The private sector is comprised of companies run by individuals for a profit; some examples of this are sole traders- exclusive owners of a business, a limited company, a partnership or a public limited company. The public sector is where all of the government run services fall into, like the NHS or policing services. The voluntary sector are non-profit, non-governmental charities that benefit the public, examples of this are charities such as the NSPCC and Age Concern.
There are many different definitions of management. The classical authors considered the management is a role that aims to achieve effective operation, make regulations, provide directions and control resources (Whetten and Cameron, 2002). However, the newer visions focus more on management as a communication job in order to finish the work (Williams, 2010). Daft (2011) adds the coordinating others to meet the new challenges becomes a crucial task for modern management. Passage with time, the requirement of
A private sector is usually composed of organisations which are privately owned and not part of a government; whereas a public sector is composed of organisations that are owned by the government and voluntary sectors are composed of individuals of who seek help in charitable activities. Private sectors include corporations such as partnerships and charities, like the voluntary sectors, and the public sectors include corporations such as federal, provincial, state or municipal governments. An example of a private sector is a retail store or credit unions, and example of a public sector is an educational or
A public sector business is a business that usually composed of organisations that are owned and operated by the government (PrivacySense2015).
Businesses and industries that are not owned or controlled by the Government. Private Sector organisations operate privately to make a profit with income generated from the sale of their products or services. Although many private sector firms are owned and controlled by individuals, many are owned by groups of people; for example, companies may be owned by shareholders, who have invested in that company.
Planning is the foundation of all the functions of management upon which the other three areas should be built. During planning, management must evaluate the company’s current situation and then developing strategies to achieve these goals, this is called strategic planning.
The world of business has undergone radical and dramatic changes in the last decade changes that present extraordinary challenges for the contemporary manager. A manager is an organizational member who is responsible for planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the activities of the organization so that the goals can be achieved. According to a widely referenced study by Henry Mintzberg, managers serve three primary roles: interpersonal, informational, and decision-making. Management is process of administrating and coordinating resources effectively and efficiently in an effort to achieve the goals of the organization.
Management in my mind and as the book reinforces the definition to be, to plan, to organize, to staff for the process, and to control the process to the end. These are consider the primary functions of the management role (p.8).
Private Sector Organizations: Private Sector Organizations operated and owned by the private individual instead of government and usually aimed to make profit for its shareholders. Around the world the most business activities are in private sectors. Some of the well – known private sectors organizations are: Coca-Cola, Google, and Amazon.
When we examine public sector versus private sector, plenty of differences come to mind. In defining each, we learn a private sector in an economy consist of all businesses and firms owned by ordinary members of the general public. It also consists of all the private households in which people live. The public sector in an economy is owned and controlled by a government. It consist of government businesses and firms and goods and services provided by the government such as the national health service, state
In today’s ever changing economy, society’s idea of management is becoming increasingly more difficult to sustain with the continuous demands of the position. A successful manager must have a certain level of expertise and problem solving techniques to carry out the daily tasks required. Over the years, there have been various ideas on what management is, such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling.
The paper will explore different theories of Management, include Henri Fayol and Henry Mintzberg. This section of this paper provides an overview of functions, roles and skills required of a manager. What is Management? Management can define as the process of reaching organisational goals by working with and through people and other organisational resources. (Management Innovation, 2008).
Management in business is the coordination of people to accomplish set goals efficiently and effectively. It comprises of planning, organising, staffing, leading, and controlling an organisation. Management itself is also an academic discipline, a social science whose object of study is social organisation in order to accomplish a mutual goal.
Management can be defined as the art or act of doing things or activities through the efforts of other people to accomplish desired goals. It deals with the organising and coordination of people, activities, materials, machines and money.
Management is one of the most important human activities and has critical impact on life, growth, development or destruction of an organisation. In an organisation, managers with any rank or status should understand their basic duties i.e. maintaining a sustainable conductive environment where people can fulfil their commitments and objectives through collaborative approach. (Akhtar, 2011) A manager is responsible to achieve the business’s goals, visions and objectives by planning, organising, leading and controlling. Dubrin (1994) stated that in every organisation each member of staff must plan, organise, make decisions, and control the resources they need to accomplish the results expected