Management Basics
Management Basics
Management has a specific meaning that often gets lost in everyday use. This chapter sets out the working definitions, the two performance measures every organisation should track, the four functions every manager carries out, the three levels at which management happens, and the way leadership and management run together on the same person at different moments.
The function that coordinates people and resources towards goals; the seven kinds of resources a manager works with
What makes a collection of people an organisation, and the two measures (efficiency and effectiveness) that define performance
Planning, organising, leading, controlling: the cycle of activities every manager runs, and what fails when one is skipped
Top, middle, and first-line management; the shifting mix of conceptual, human, and technical skills each level needs
Why leadership and management are different activities but run on the same person, and what fails when one is missing
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