McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Chapter 77 Management, Leadership, and Employee Empowerment 7-1

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. 7-2 Management What is it?

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. The process used to accomplish organizational goals through planning, organizing, leading and controlling people and other organizational resources. WHAT IS MANAGEMENT? 7-3

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. 7-4 Management In simple terms…

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. 7-5 Management Getting the work done through other people…

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. 7-6 Management …without making them mad.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. The process used to accomplish organizational goals through planning, organizing, leading and controlling people and other organizational resources. WHAT IS MANAGEMENT? 7-7

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. 7-8 Process Of Management Resources EmployeesFinancialProductsLocationInformation Management PlanningOrganizingLeadingControlling Feedback Achievement of Goals & Objectives

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. TODAY’S MANAGERS 7-9 Younger and more progressive.   Growing numbers of women.   Fewer from elite universities. Emphasis is on teams and team building. Managers need to be skilled communicators and team players.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Four Functions Of Management

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. FOUR FUNCTIONS of MANAGEMENT 7-11

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McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Planning  Anticipating future trends and determining the best strategies and tactics to achieve organizational objectives  Key management function because other functions depend heavily on having a good plan

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Planning Setting Mission, Goals, and Objectives

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Create Mission Mission Why Organization Exists, Its Purpose

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Mission Statement  Outline of the fundamental purposes of the organization  Should address:  Organization’s self-concept  Company philosophy and goals  Long-term survival  Customer needs  Social responsibility  Nature of company’s product or service

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Solano Community College Solano Community College prepares a diverse student population to participate successfully in today’s local and global Communities. 7-17

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McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Setting Goals & Objectives Goals -- The broad, long-term accomplishments an organization wishes to attain. Objectives -- Specific, short-term statements detailing how to achieve the organization’s goals.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Questions of Planning 1)What is the situation now? 2)Where do we want to go? 3)How can we get to our goal from here?

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved PLANNING ANSWERS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS What Is The Situation Now? SWOT Analysis -- Analyzes the organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. How Can We Get To Our Goal From Here? -Strategic Planning -Tactical Planning -Operational Planning -Contingency Planning

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved SWOT Analysis A Continuous Process What is the situation now?

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved SWOT Analysis Potential Internal STRENGTHS Potential Internal WEAKNESSES Potential External OPPORTUNITIES Potential External THREATS

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Planning Types How can we get to our goal from here?

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Planning Types -Strategic Planning -Tactical Planning -Operational Planning -Contingency Planning

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Planning Types Strategic Planning -- Done by top management and determines the major goals of the organization and the policies, procedures, strategies and resources it will need to achieve them. Tactical Planning -- The process of developing detailed, short-term statements about what is to be done, who is to do it and how.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Planning Types Operational Planning -- The process of setting work standards and schedules necessary to implement the company’s tactical objectives. Contingency Planning -- The process of preparing alternative courses of action the firm can use if its primary plans don’t work out.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Management Planning Levels & Time Spans Time Top Mgmt. 2 Years + Middle Mgmt. 1 Year, Quarter Lower Level Mgmt. Days, Weeks Strategic Tactical Operational

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved DECISION MAKING Decision Making -- Choosing among two or more alternatives

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Decision Making: Finding the Best Alternative Define Describe Describe & Collect Organize & Analyze Organize & Analyze DevelopAlternativesImplement Monitor MonitorandFollow-up Decide

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. PROBLEM SOLVING 7-31 Problem Solving -- The process of solving the everyday problems that occur; less formal than decision making and needs quicker action. Problem-solving techniques include brainstorming and PMI -- Listing all the pluses for a solution in one column, all the minuses in another and the implications in a third.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Organizing Creating a Unified System

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Organizing Designing structure of the organization and creating conditions and systems in which everyone and everything work together to achieve organization’s goals and objectivesDesigning structure of the organization and creating conditions and systems in which everyone and everything work together to achieve organization’s goals and objectives Create Corporate HierarchyCreate Corporate Hierarchy Generate Organization ChartGenerate Organization Chart

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Management Pyramid Top Mid-Level Front Line/Supervisory CEO,Comptroller, Vice Pres. Sales Mgrs Plant Mgrs. SupervisorsForemen

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved MANAGEMENT LEVELS Top Management -- The highest level, consists of the president and other key company executives who develop strategic plans. Middle Management -- Includes general managers, division managers, and branch and plant managers who are responsible for tactical planning and controlling. Supervisory Management -- Those directly responsible for supervising workers and evaluating daily performance.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. LEVELS of MANAGEMENT 7-36

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Top Management Chief Executive Officer (CEO)  Introduces change into an organization. Chief Operating Officer (COO)  Implements CEO’s changes. Chief Financial Officer (CFO)  Obtains funds, plans budgets, collects funds, etc. Chief Information Officer (CIO)  Gets the right information to the right people so decisions can be made.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Management Skills Technical Skills -- The ability to perform tasks in a specific discipline or department. Human Relations Skills -- Skills that involve communication and motivation; they enable managers to work through and with people. Conceptual Skills -- Skills that involve the ability to picture the organization as a whole and the relationship among its various parts.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. SKILLS NEEDED at VARIOUSLEVELS of MANAGEMENT 7-39

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Source: Fast Company, November THANK YOU The Most Basic Human Relations Skill Saying “thank you” has led to happier employees and greater profits for companies. Whom should a manager thank? 1.Interns - Doing lots of work for little money, they are the future of the company and industry. 2.Lawyers - Many do pro bono work, even for nonprofit companies. 3.The Little People - Mailroom, repair, and cleaning staff keep the office running day-to-day. 7-40

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Visual devices that show relationships among people and divide the organization’s work; they also show who reports to whom. ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS 7-41

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Recruiting, hiring, motivating and retaining the best people available to accomplish the company’s objectives. STAFFING Recruiting good employees is critical. Many people are not willing to work at companies unless they are treated well with fair pay. 7-42

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Source: CareerBuilder, accessed November STAFFING is TRICKY BUSINESS Six Sins of Staffing Don’t hire someone because someone else says so Don’t get caught up in applicants’ appearances Don’t give someone the wrong job Don’t forget about feedback Don’t give promotions just because it’s time Don’t cheat your employees.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Leading Providing Continuous Vision & Values (Previously known as Directing)

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Leading Creating a vision for the organization and guiding, training, coaching, and motivating others to work effectively to achieve the organization’s goals

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Leaders must:  Communicate a vision and rally others around that vision.  Establish corporate values.  Promote corporate ethics.  Embrace change.  Stress accountability and responsibility. LEADERSHIP 7-46

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Leadership Styles  Autocratic  Participative (Democratic)  Free-rein

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Autocratic Making managerial decisions without consulting others.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Participative (Democratic) Managers and employees work together to make decisions. Leader

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Free-rein Leader Managers set objectives and employees are free to do whatever is appropriate to accomplish those objectives.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Leadership Styles   What is the best leadership style to use?   Depends   Who is being led   In what situations   Goals and objectives of the firm

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Empowering Workers  Empowerment   Giving employees the authority and the responsibility to respond quickly to customer requests  Enabling   Giving workers the education and tools they need to make decisions   Commensurate compensation

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, accessed November WORK SMARTER How to Ease Pressure on Workers 7-53 Manage output instead of hours. Train workers to be ready for a more complex corporate structure. Allow lower-level managers to make decisions. Use new technology to foster teamwork. Shift hiring emphasis to collaboration.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Controlling Making Sure It Works

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Controlling Establishing clear standards to determine whether or not an organization is progressing toward its goals and objectives, rewarding people for doing a good job, and taking corrective action if they are not

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved FIVE STEPS of CONTROLLING 1. Establish clear and realistic standards 4. Communicate results 5. If needed, take corrective action or give reward 2. Monitor and record performance - customer satisfaction 3. Compare results against standards Feedback: Are standards realistic?

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Managing Knowledge Knowledge Management Finding the right information, keeping the information in a readily accessible place and making the information known to every one in the firm.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin Understanding Business, 7/e © 2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved Managing Knowledge First step is determining what knowledge is most important Keep people from duplicating the work of gathering information every time a decision is made Key is learning how to process information and turn it into information that everyone can use