Midterm Flashcards
What are the resources needed in order to POLC (5) TFMHI☎️
- Time
- Finance
- Material
- Human
- International
If it is specific, is it measurable?
Yes
What are the managerial skills ? (5)
C H T A S
Conceptual (global) Human skills (build relationships) Technical (knowledge of job) Administrative (Paperwork) Soft skills ( e.i)
What is planning ? (3) D, E, D
Define goals, establish strategy and develop plans to coordinate activities
What is organizing ? (1) D
Determining what has to be done and who has to do it.
What is leading ? D, M
Directing and motivating all involved parties and resolving conflicts
What is controlling
M
Monitoring activities to ensure that they are accomplished as planned
What are the resources needed in order to POLC
5 TFMHI
TIme Finance, Material Human Informational
State two difference between a gant and a pert
- Gantt is time based while Pert is priority based.
2. Gantt gives you the simultaneity of your tasks to be done, but not the priorities, as pert does.
Why is it important to organize as a manager give 5 reasons
D A C A S
Divide job between departments
Assign tasks and responsibilities
Coordinate jobs
Allocate to right resources at the right activités
Setting examples for your employees by planning
What are the two approaches to management ?
M O
Mechanistic : Task oriented and very structural approach
Organic: Human resources, cooperation and teamwork oriented
Can we say a mission corresponds to what we see in the future
No that is a vision
What are the elements to be considered when in a missions
Stakeholders: guests first, then partners and finally employees.
Can a first level employee have complex level responsibilities ?
No
Do you think a manager can manage 1000 employees ?
( 5 organizational structure)
U P C C L
Unicity of command Parity Complex problems for bigger level managers Chain of command Limited number of employees to lead
What does parity mean ?
When you haven equal amount of responsibilities for the authority you have
What does SMART stands for ?
Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time efficient
Do you think unicty of command is an important principal to respect when you create an organizational structure?
For one employee you should. It allocate to more than one supervisor, also you should never override and cut somebody’s authority
Planning is not as important as long as you controlling, do you agree ?
No, it is not true, control is important, but planning is much more imp, it gives you the direction towards what you should control
To be measurable an objective always needs of number ?
No
In an objective a duration is a time frame ?
A duration is not a time frame, you need an ending time.
A GANTT is…
5
A planning, a list of activities, a starting and ending date, shows activités to be held at the same time, gives a globally vision of the activities.
