1. Introduction to Management and Organizations
Chapter 1
Introduction to Management and Organizations
Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, and Nancy Langton, Management, Ninth Canadian Edition
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2. Learning Outline After you read this chapter you should know the following learning objectives:
#1: What Makes Someone A Manager?
#2: What Is Management and What Do Managers Do?
#3: What Characteristics Define An Organization?
#4: What Are The Challenges To Managing?
#5: Does Studying Management Make A Difference?
Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, and Nancy Langton, Management, Ninth Canadian Edition
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3. Defining the Manager’s Terrain
Coordinate work activities to achieve organizational goals.
Their ability to act is affected by both the internal culture of the organization and the constraints of the external environment – including the global environment.
Learning Objective #1
Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, and Nancy Langton, Management, Ninth Canadian Edition
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4. Defining the Manager’s Terrain
Also deal with complicated ethical and social responsibility issues as they plan, organize, lead and control.
Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, and Nancy Langton, Management, Ninth Canadian Edition
Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education Canada

5. Defining the Manager’s Terrain
When considering the manager’s terrain, manager’s might ask these questions:
What is my role as a manager?
What constraints do I face as a manager both within the organization and from the external environment?
How does the global environment affect my ability to manage?
What can I do to be an ethical and socially responsible manager?
Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins, Mary Coulter, and Nancy Langton, Management, Ninth Canadian Edition
Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education Canada