w5 management and employers representatives

Question 1

define management?

Answer 1

management is the term describe the group of people that direct the activities of an organization

Question 2

what are some of the management contraints?

Answer 2

1. policy and structure of unions
   2.state restriction on managerial autonomy
   3 the decisions of tribunal and courts
   4 technology process
   5 characteristics of labor, product, market.

Question 3

what are management goals?

Answer 3

managment goals are different depending on the objectives of the organization. for private organization their main goal is to minimize expenses and maximize profit. public organization, their goals is to provide quality services

Question 4

what is employer’s association

Answer 4

same as trade unions, employers association comprises of employers or management that eg

Question 5

what is employer’s roles

Answer 5

• their political role is to voice their collective concerns to government or other government agencies
• coordinate their members response to a nation wide union campaign
• weakening of unions and decentralised results
• represents its member if there is any court cases between union and employers

Question 6

what are two categories of management control strategies

Answer 6

1. direct control-apply tight supervision and minimize employees discretion
2. responsible control-management giving workers responsibility and decision making, it ensures that the workers are to serve the employer’s interest.

Question 7

What are management forms of control??

Answer 7

1. personalised control-workers are direct control of supervisors
2. technical control-work designs and production system where it limit the workers descretion.
3. bureaucratic control-workers are control on company’s rules, policy and rewards
   4 commitment based control-selection and cultivate workers effort to aligned with organization interests