1. Management Concepts

2. Definition of administration It is the process concerned with determining goals, objectives, policies and plans for which the organization and its management operates.

3. Definition of management It is a social; and technical process that utilizes resources and facilities and influences human actions in order to accomplish an organization's goals.

4. Nursing Management It is theprocess of working through nursing staff to provide care, cure and comfort to the clients ( patients) It is the process of working through nursing staff to provide care, cure and comfort to the clients ( patients)

5. Management levels (positions) 1- Top level managers. 2- Top level managers. 3- First level manager.

6. Top level management Top level management Middle level management Middle level management First level management First level management Management levels (positions) Management levels (positions)

7. Management Process It is composed of a series of interrelated elements. These elements are: Planning, Planning, Organizing, Assembling Resources, Assembling Resources, Direction, and Direction, and Controlling. Controlling.

8. Management process Planning Organizing Directing Assembling resources Controlling The 5 elements of management process are interrelated

9. Planning is the process of deciding in advance what should be done, how, when, where and by whom it will be done. It involves identifying problems, setting and specifying both long-term and short-term goals that will be accomplished. It involves means to blend the actions of all personnel toward the identified goals.

10. 2- Organizing: It involves bringing all of the system's resources (people, capital and equipment) into action toward goal accomplishment. The manager's desire to include all working personnel that will be carrying out a particular goal and to organize them so that the group is working together toward goal accomplishment.

11. 3- Assembling resources: is the process of anticipating and providing the good distribution of manpower and physical resources within and out of the organization to get the job done.

12. 4- Directing: is a continuous task of making contact with subordinates, training them, giving them orders, leading and motivating them.

13. 5- Controlling: This last step in the management process involves setting up mechanisms for ongoing evaluation. It is obtaining feedback of results in order to compare results with plans. And, corrective actions in plans can be made accordingly.