Business Management Flashcards
Definition and challenges of management
Skills of management
- Interpersonal Skills
- Communication skills
- Vision
- strategic thinking
- problem solving
- flexibility / adaptability
Reconciling conflicting interests
Stakeholder Engagment
Shareholder vs society
Shareholder vs employee
Stakeholder engagment refers to the provocative actions of management seeking input from stakeholders and actively involving them in deicison making
Goals
Definition and importance
Goals are desired outcomes (target) that an individual, team, or entire firm intends to achieve within a certain time frame. They are important because they:
- act as a target, focus and energy put in direction
- used as measuring stick, track progress / improvement
- can motivate, inspire the best of people
- increased commitment, when internalised, they become personal achievements.
Types of Goals
There are two distinct types
OP, goals are OP.
Outcome Based Goals: These represent the END RESULT OF AN ACTIVITY. EG. profit levels, market share percentage, total weight loss etc. Necessary but demotivating if too high. Large goals must be broken into incremental goals.
Process Based Goals: These focus on the ACTIONS YOU TAKE IN PURSUIT OF THE END RESULT. EG. improve customer service and adding new products, developing marketing strategies.
S.M.A.R.T. Goals
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Financial Goals
Non-financial Goals
Staff Involvement
Why?; training, motiviation, mentoring
Management Approaches
List the three major approaches
Classical-Scientific Management
Define, founder, 4 pinciples
Classical-Scientific Management
Advantages / Disadvantages
Classical-Bureaucratic Management
Define, features
Classical-Bureaucratic Managment
Advantages / Disadvantages
First 3 Essential Skills of Management
Behavioural Management
Define, founder, features
Behavioural Management
Advantages / Disadvantages
Final 3 Essential Skills of Management
Contingency Management
Description and Features
Contingency Management
Adv / DAvd
Leadership
Definition, continuum
Leadership - Autocratic
Definition, features, adv, dadv
Leadership - Participative / Democratic
Define, features, adv, dadv