Lecture 2 - Understanding managers & management system. In this chapter, the following content will be discussed: Significance of managers, management system, management process & functions, mistakes made by mangers, process and organizational resources, effectiveness with efficiency, management skills: classical and contemporary, learning management careers. | CSC350: Learning Management Systems COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (Virtual Campus) Lecture # 2 Understanding Managers & Management System 2 Overview of Previous Lecture 1. Objectives 2. Introduction Learning Management System (s) 3. Significance of the Subject 4. Importance of Management 3 Topics of Discussion Significance of Managers Management System Management Process & Functions Mistakes Made by Mangers Process and Organizational Resources Effectiveness With Efficiency Management Skills: Classical and Contemporary Learning Management Careers 4 Significance of Managers The Role of Management Guide organizations toward goal accomplishment Combine and use organizational resources to ensure organizations achieve their purpose Encourage individual activities are focused on reaching organizational goals Focus on activities or other factors that may get in the way of goal achievement Essentially, managers never take their minds off goal accomplishment 5 Defining . | CSC350: Learning Management Systems COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (Virtual Campus) Lecture # 2 Understanding Managers & Management System 2 Overview of Previous Lecture 1. Objectives 2. Introduction Learning Management System (s) 3. Significance of the Subject 4. Importance of Management 3 Topics of Discussion Significance of Managers Management System Management Process & Functions Mistakes Made by Mangers Process and Organizational Resources Effectiveness With Efficiency Management Skills: Classical and Contemporary Learning Management Careers 4 Significance of Managers The Role of Management Guide organizations toward goal accomplishment Combine and use organizational resources to ensure organizations achieve their purpose Encourage individual activities are focused on reaching organizational goals Focus on activities or other factors that may get in the way of goal achievement Essentially, managers never take their minds off goal accomplishment 5 Defining Management System A process/series of related activities Focused on reaching organizational goals Working with and through people and other organizational resources 6 Management Process & Functions Planning Setting organizational goals Identifying actions to achieve the goals Organizing Determining tasks and groupings of work Assigning tasks to individuals in the organization 7 Management Process & Functions Influencing Working with people within organizations Guiding the activities of organization members in appropriate directions Controlling Monitoring and measuring organizational performance Determining if organization should be modified to meet pre-established standards 8 Mistakes Made by Mangers 9 Management Process and Organizational Resources The four functions of management are interrelated Performance of one function depends on performance of the others Managers use these activities solely for reaching organizational goals 10 Management Process and Organizational Resources 11 .
