Management Principles and Theories Flashcards

Flashcards on Management Principles and Theories

Management

Coordinating and overseeing the work performance of individuals working together in organizations to efficiently accomplish aims or goals.

Planning

Determining organizational goals, defining strategic actions, and developing coordination activities.

Organizing

Assigning tasks, allocating funds, and fostering harmonious relations within the organization.

Staffing

Filling job positions within the organizational structure, considering factors like size and external pressures.

Leading

Influencing and motivating subordinates to achieve organizational goals.

Controlling

Evaluating and correcting performance to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Autocratic Management

A one-way leadership style where a single authority issues orders and team members follow.

Persuasive Management

Management style with centralized control, but managers consult with colleagues before decisions.

Consultative Management

Management style with two-way connection between leaders and workers.

Participative Management

Management style with distribution of authority and shared responsibility among team members.

Scientific Management Theory

Management theory using step-by-step, scientific methods to find the best way to perform a job.

Frederick W. Taylor

Developed scientific management principles focusing on science, worker selection, cooperation, and work division.

Henry Fayol’s General Administrative Theory

Theory focusing on manager's functions and good practice implementation.

Principles of General Administrative Theory

Includes work division, authority, discipline, unity of command, and team spirit.

Weber’s Bureaucracy

Organizational form with division of labor, hierarchy, detailed rules, and impersonal connections.

Organization Behavior (OB) Approach

Involves studying the conduct, demeanor, or action of people at work.

Manager

Supervise, sustain, uphold, and assume responsibility for the work of others.

Top-level Managers

Focus on long-term organizational concerns, stability, and external relationships.

Middle-level Managers

Manage middle levels or departments, formulate specific objectives, and act as go-betweens.

Frontline or Lower-level Managers

Supervise day-to-day activities and serve as bridges between management and non-management.

Interpersonal Managerial Roles

Leader, liaison, figurehead.

Informational Managerial Roles

Spokesperson, monitor, disseminator.

Decisional Managerial Roles

Disturbance handler, resource allocator, negotiator, entrepreneur.

Conceptual Skills

Enable managers to think of possible solutions to complex problems.

Human Skills

Enable managers to relate well with people through communication and motivation.

Technical Skills

Enable managers to perform tasks proficiently using their expertise.