ManagementThe attainment of organizational goals in an

effective and efficient manner

through

planning, organizing, leading and controlling

an organization’s

human, financial, physical and information resources.

Management

Planning: Setting an organization’s goals and how to achieve them

Organizing: Determining how activities and resources are to be grouped

Leading: The ability to influence people toward the achievement of organizational goals

Control: monitoring organizational progress toward goal attainment

Organizing

Griffin Determining how activities and resources are to be grouped

Daft and Marcic The deployment of organizational resources to achieve strategic goals

(Resources: human, financial, physical and information)

Kreitner and Cassidy

Structural considerations such as the chain of command, division of labor, assignment of responsibility are part of the organizing function. Careful organizing helps ensure the efficient use of staff resources

What Topics and Issues Comprise Organizing?

Org structure: org design; departmentalization; reporting relationships; chain of command; span of control; distributing authority & delegation; coordinating activities; organization size; outsourcing and offshoring; virtual work teams

Job Design: division of labor; specialization; job descriptions

Managing Change and Innovation

Managing Human Resources: attracting, developing and maintaining an effective workforce; legal matters; compensation; training; performance; labor relations; diversity