Quarter 1 | Lesson 1. Nature and Concepts of Management

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the process of coordinating and overseeing the work performance of
individuals working together in organizations, so that they could efficiently
accomplish their chosen aims or goals.

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Management

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Management covers the

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whole organization and is present in every area in the organization

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For management to be successful, these are required to carry out

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Coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness

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a significant person whose role is different from other
employees in the organization. The managerial functions are performed by them

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Manager

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functions needed in order to accomplish the management process of coordinating
and overseeing the work performance of individuals working together in
organizations

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Management Functions or Functions of Management

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Functions of management

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Planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling

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Involves determining the organization’s goals
or performance objectives, defining strategic
actions that must be done to accomplish them,
and developing coordination and integration
activities.

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Planning

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Demands assigning tasks, setting aside funds,
and bringing harmonious relations among the
individuals and work groups or teams in the
organization.

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Organizing

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Indicates filling in the different job positions in
the organization’s structure; the factors that
influence this function include: size of the
organization, types of jobs, number of
individuals to be recruited, and some internal
or external pressures

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Staffing

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Entails influencing or motivating subordinates
to do their best so that they would be able to
help the organization’s endeavor to attain their
set goals.

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Leading

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Involves evaluating and, if necessary,
correcting the performance of the individuals
or work groups or teams to ensure that they
are all working toward the previously set goals
and plans of the organization.

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Controlling

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The management functions namely: planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and
controlling—will be wasted if

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coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness are not practiced by an organization’s appointed managers

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the harmonious, integrated action of
the various parts and processes of an organization

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Coordination

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being able to yield
the maximum output from a minimum amount of input

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Efficiency

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being
adopted to produce an effect, or being able to do things correctly

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Effectiveness

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ensures that all individuals, groups, or teams
are harmoniously working together and moving toward the accomplishment of the
organization’s vision, mission, goals, and objectives

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Coordination

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refers to
the optimal use of scarce resources—human, financial, physical, and mechanical—
in order to bring maximum productivity

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Efficiency

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means “doing things
correctly” when engaged in activities that will help the organization attain its aims.

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Effectiveness

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Creator of the Scientific Management Theory

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Frederick W. Taylor

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Years of Frederick W. Taylor

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1856-1915

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Father of Scientific Management

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Frederick W. Taylor

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This management theory
makes use of the step by step, scientific methods for finding the single best way for
doing a job.

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Scientific Management Theory

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How did Frederick W. Taylor develop the Scientific Management Theory?

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Working as a mechanical engineer in a steel company in Pennsylvania in the USA and noticing the workers’ mistakes and inefficiencies

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First principle of Scientific Management Theory

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Develop a science for each element of an individual’s work to replace
the old rule of thumb method.

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Second principle of Scientific Management Theory

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Scientifically select and then train, teach, and develop the workers.

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Third principle of Scientific Management Theory

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Heartily cooperate with the workers so as to ensure that all work is
done in accordance with the principles of the science that has been
developed.

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Fourth principle of Scientific Management Theory

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Divide work and responsibility almost equally between management
and workers

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concentrates on the manager’s functions and what makes up
good management practice or implementation

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General Administrative Theory

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He proposed the General Administrative Theory

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Henri Fayol and Max Weber

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Years of Henri Fayol

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1841-1925

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Years of Max Weber

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1846-1920

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Job of Henri Fayol

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Managing director in a big coal mining company

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were
concerned with managerial activities which he based on his actual experience as a
managing director in a big coal mining company.

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Fayol’s 19th century writings

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Fayol believed that management:

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is an activity that all organizations must practice and viewed it as separate from all other organizational activities such as marketing, finance, research, and development

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Job of Max Weber

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German sociologist

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wrote in the early
1900s that ideal organizations, especially large ones, must have authority
structures and coordination with others based on what he referred to as
bureaucracy.

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Max Weber

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a management philosophy that focuses on the
satisfaction of customers, their needs, and expectations.

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Total Quality Management

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Creators of the Total Quality Management

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W. Edwards Deming and Joseph M. Juran

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Years of W. Edwards Deming

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1900-1993

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Years of Joseph M. Juran

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1904-2008

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They did not immediately take to the idea since the ___ was enjoying
supremacy in the global market at the time. (TQM)

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Americans

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took notice of it and enthusiastically experimented on its application (TQM)

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Japanese manufacturers

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involves the study of the conduct,
demeanor, or action of people at work. Research on behavior helps managers carry
out their functions—leading, team building, resolving conflict, and others.

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Organizational Behavior Approach

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Creators of the Organizational Behavior Approach

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Robert Owen, Mary Parker Follett, Hugo Munsterberg, and Chester Barnard

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noticed lamentable
conditions in workplaces and proposed ideal ways to improve the said conditions.

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Robert Owen

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introduced the idea that individual or group behavior
must be considered in organizational management in the early 1900s

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Mary Parker Follett

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proposed the administering of psychological tests for the selection of
would-be employees in companies in the early 1900s

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Hugo Munsterberg

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suggested that
cooperation is required in organizations since it is, mainly, a social system in the 1930s

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Chester Barnard

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help improve the management process; and
management process is the coordinating and overseeing of the work performance of
individuals working together in organizations so that they could efficiently and
effectively accomplish their chosen goals.

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Management Theories