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Effective Management Strategies for Optimal Performance

Learn about levels of management, key functions of managers, necessary skills, and time management techniques. Explore planning, organizing, leading, and controlling for successful management. Enhance your conceptual, interpersonal, technical, and decision-making skills. Discover effective communication and control methods.

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Effective Management Strategies for Optimal Performance

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  1. Chapter 7 Managing Effectively

  2. Learning Objectives • Identify the levels of management. • Identify the key functions of managers. • Describe the skills that managers need. • Describe methods in that managers can use to utilize their time effectively.

  3. Effective Management Proper Planning of Tasks Proper Organizing of Tasks Firm’s Revenues and Expenses Firm’s Value Effective Management Firm’s Earnings Proper Communication to Employees About Job Tasks Proper Control of Tasks

  4. Three Levels of Management Examples: President, CEO, executive V-P Top (high-level) management, makes decisions regarding long-run objectives. Examples: Regional manager, plant manager Middle Management, often responsible for short-term decisions. Examples: Account manager, office manager Supervisory (first line), usually involved in the day-to-day operation of the firm.

  5. Managerial Functions Planning Organizing Leading Controlling

  6. Mission Statement Business Planning First Step • Describes the firm’s primary goal.

  7. Managers and theFunction of Planning • Strategic Planning. • Tactical Planning. • Operational Planning. • Contingency Planning.

  8. Strategic Planning(Top Managers) • Involves more detailed planning than mission statement. • Consists of goals and strategies used to satisfy firm’s mission. • Focuses on long-term period, three to five years.

  9. Tactical Planning(High-level and Middle Managers) • Normally focuses on a short-term period, one to two years. • Consistent with firm’s strategic plans. • May include assessing economic conditions, demand for products, competition, and changes in technology.

  10. Operational PlanningSupervisory (First Line) • Short or near future planning, one year or less. • Supports tactical planning. • Deals with day-to-day operations. • Requires firm to abide by their policies and procedures to complete tasks.

  11. Contingency Planning • Alternate plans developed for various business conditions • Plans developed for crisis situations

  12. Managers and theFunction of Organizing Organize employees and other resources in a manner consistent with the firm’s goals. Occurs continuously throughout the life of the firm. Especially important for firms who restructure often.

  13. Managers and theFunction of Leading • Providing a vision. • The ability to influence others to achieve a common goal. • Involves not only instructions on how to complete a task but incentives to do so correctly and quickly. • To be effective must have initiative. Providing a target.

  14. Leadership Styles

  15. Managers and the Function of Control It Includes: • Setting standards • Tracking results • Evaluating performance • Detecting and correcting activities

  16. Four Basic Management Skills Conceptual Skills: abilities to think in abstract terms see beyond the present. Interpersonal Skills: understanding and getting along with people. Technical Skills: skills needed to perform specialized tasks. Decision-Making Skills: use existing information to determine how the firm’s resources should be allocated.

  17. How to run effective meetings

  18. How to run effective meetings

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