商务英语基础教程04ppt课件

Middle
managers of various divisions
First-line
supervisor, foreman, group lBiblioteka Baiduader
Top management
Having overall responsibility for the organization. Concentrating on making strategic decisions or “doing the right thing”. Top managers generally have many years of varied experience.
What resources do organizations have?
To achieve its objectives, every organization must have resources, which generally fall into three types.
- human resources: people (employees) - physical resources: equipment,
Functions of management
1. Planning: selecting a course of action - Strategic plans: long-range plans - Tactical plans: short-range plans
2. Organizing: structuring of resources - dividing work into small units - assigning tasks to individuals or groups - arranging jobs into specific departments - establishing lines of authority and accountability
Middle management
Responsible for certain areas, departments or divisions. Making plans to implement strategic decisions made by top management (doing things right). Making operating plans for their particular area.
A Basic Business Reader
Chapter 4 Management Principles
Objectives
After studying this chapter you will be able to: Define management and understand its role in achieving organizational objectives. Identify three levels of management and explain how the focuses of managers at each level differ. Describe the major functions of management.
Functions of management
5. Controlling: evaluating and correcting activities to keep the organization on course
What is an organization?
An organization is any group of individuals who work together for the achievement of some stated or implied objectives.
Two major types of organization: - business organization - nonprofit organization
First-line Management
Responsible for implementing plans established by middle management. Supervising workers and managing dayto-day operations. Providing leadership that is appropriate for the situation.
Functions of management
3. Staffing: hiring people to do work - Recruiting: attracting qualified applicants
- Selection: choosing the best candidate
4. Directing: motivating and leading employees to achieve objectives
Management and managers are found wherever people are working together to achieve some common objectives.
Levels of management
Top
CEO, president, vice president
machinery, raw materials, etc. - financial resources: money and other
valuable assets
What is management?
Management is the process of coordinating human, physical, and financial resources to achieve an organization’s objectives.