BBA102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Making Money
18 May 2018
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BBA102 28/2/18 – LECTURE
WK1: Management, managers and managing
1. Describe and apply fundamental management theories and concepts to business
operations
2. Critically examine organisational and management practices
3. Analyse management challenged, problems and issues and construct practical
solutions
4. Evaluate the purpose and value of teamwork and working collaboratively
WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?
- The pursuit of organisational goals efficiently and effectively by integrating the work
of people through planning, organising, leading and controlling the organisations
resources.
o Planning
o Organising
o Leading
o Controlling
WHO ARE MANAGERS?
The difference between managers and non-managers, is that managers oversee the work of
OTHER people. Delegating jobs, directing the work of people and controlling different
functions of the business.
LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT
Differ on the size of the organisatio…
o Top managers; organisations values and long-term goals
o Middle managers; Implement plans or strategies coordinated by top managers
o First-line managers; short-term goal reaching
o Non-management personnel; other staff
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Document Summary
The pursuit of organisational goals efficiently and effectively by integrating the work of people through planning, organising, leading and controlling the organisations resources: planning, organising, leading, controlling. The difference between managers and non-managers, is that managers oversee the work of. Delegating jobs, directing the work of people and controlling different functions of the business. Differ on the size of the organisatio(cid:374) : top managers; organisations values and long-term goals, middle managers; implement plans or strategies coordinated by top managers, first-line managers; short-term goal reaching, non-management personnel; other staff. An individual who makes a good manager within one type of organisation does not automatically make this manager good in a different type of organisation. Generic skill sets are valued however the constructs of these organisations differ dramatically. The brevity and variety of its activities in the context of the fragmentation and discontinuity of the job. The favouring of informal and verbal forms of communication.
