1.
FUNDAMENTALS OF
MANAGEMENT
Dr. Syed Amin Tabish
FRCP, FACP, FAMS, MD (AIIMS)
Postdoc Fellowship, Bristol University (England)
Doctorate in Educational Leadership (USA)

2.
WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?
• An art more than a science
• Inherently social in nature
• Getting things done
through others

3.
Copyright © 2005
Prentice Hall, Inc.
Organization and Its Environment
Exhibit HM-4

4.
FOUR FUNCTIONS
• First stated by Henri Fayol(1841-1925)-French
CEO
• Now stated as
 1. Planning
 2. Organizing
 3. Leading
 4. Controlling

5.
PLANNING & ORGANIZING
• Planning -- Setting firms goals plus the
way to accomplish them
• Organizing -- deciding structure of
decision-making
 What will be done, by whom, for whom

6.
LEADING & CONTROLLING
• Leading-- Motivating employees to achieve
firm’s objectives
• Controlling --
 Monitoring progress toward goals
 Taking corrective action

7.
TYPES OF MANAGERS
• 1. TOP MANAGERS
• 2. MIDDLE MANAGERS
• 3. FIRST-LINE MANAGERS
• 4. TEAM LEADERS

8.
MINTZBERG’S ROLES OF
MANAGERS
• 1. INTERPERSONAL
• 2. INFORMATIONAL
• 3. DECISIONAL

9.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR
MANAGERS
• 1. TECHNICAL SKILLS
• 2. HUMAN SKILLS
• 3. CONCEPTUAL SKILLS

10.
ADDED ESSENTIAL
• MOTIVATION TO MANAGE
 How enthusiastic is an employee to manage
the work of others
 After all getting work done through others is
what management is all about

11.
TEN MISTAKES OF
MANAGERS
• 1. Insensitive, intimidating, bullying
• 2. Cold, aloof, arrogant
• 3. Untrustworthy
• 4. Too ambitious, playing politics
• 5. Specific performance problems

12.
TEN MISTAKES OF
MANAGERS, cont
• 6. Overmanaging -- not delegating
• 7. Ineffective staffing
• 8. Can’t think strategically
• 9. Can’t adapt to different bosses
• 10. Overdependency on mentor

13.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
THROUGH PEOPLE
• PRODUCT OR SERVICE BEING EQUAL
• ADVANTAGE RESTS WITH EMPLOYEES WHO
ARE BETTER, MORE COMMITTED
• EMPHASIZES SOCIAL NATURE OF THE FIRM

14.
Fayol’s 14 Principles of Management
• Division of work
• Authority
• Discipline
• Unity of
command
• Unity of direction
• Subordination of
the individual
• Centralization
• Scalar chain
• Order
• Equity
• Stability of
tenure of
personnel
• Initiative
• Esprit de corps