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Managers and Management • Managers in today’s market must update tools and principles on a continuous basis. • Management development is increasingly global in outlook and places a high value on contributing to organizational effectiveness and competitive advantage. • To be successful a manager must use and integrated approach, using a combination of tools and principles. Management Development • High performance leading organizations are increasingly distinguished by 7 features: 1. Linking management development to business plans and strategies. 2. Being boundless, flat, nonhierarchical 3. Using global and cross cultural orientation 4. Individualizing learning that is focused within the context of organizational learning 5. Applying customized training aligned with corporate culture 6. Employing a career development focus 7. Focusing on the development of core competencies. Management Affects Everyone • Our society depends on the goods and services provided by different types of organizations that individuals manage. • All organizations are guided and directed by the decisions of one or more individuals who are commonly known as managers. Management Affects Everyone Peter Drucker, a nationally recognized management consultant describes 3 major tasks of managers as: 1. To decided the purpose and mission of the organization. 2. To make work productive. 3. To manage social impacts and responsibilities. Management as a Process What do statements like “ that is a well-managed company “ mean? They seem to imply that management is some type of work or set of activities and that these activities are performed quite well and sometimes not so well.
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