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Introduction to Management
LECTURE 16:
Introduction to Management
MGT 101
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Introduction to Management
In lecture 15 we discussed
Topics from Chapter 7:
• What is Planning?• Types of Plans
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Today in Chapter 7 we will discuss
• Setting Goals & Developing Plans• Approaches of Planning
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Introduction to Management (Chapter 7)
Chapter 7:
Foundations of Planning
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Introduction to Management (Chapter 7)
Setting Goals & Developing Plans
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Traditional Goal Setting
Broad goals are set at the top of the organization.
Goals are then broken into sub-goals for each organizational level.
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Traditional Goal Setting
Assumes that top management knows best because they can see the “big picture.”
Goals are intended to direct and guide.
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Traditional Goal Setting
Goals lose clarity and focus as lower-level managers attempt to interpret and define the goals for their areas of responsibility.
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The Downside of Traditional Goal Setting
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Maintaining the Hierarchy of Goals
Means–Ends ChainThe integrated network of goals that results from establishing a clearly-defined hierarchy of organizational goals.
Achievement of lower-level goals is the means by which to reach higher-level goals (ends).
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Introduction to Management (Chapter 7)
Management By Objectives (MBO)
Specific performance goals are jointly determined by employees and managers.
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Management By Objectives (MBO)
Progress toward accomplishing goals is periodically reviewed.
Rewards are allocated on the basis of progress towards the goals.
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Management By Objectives (MBO)
Key elements of MBO:
• Goal specificity
• Participative decision making
• Explicit performance/evaluation period
• Feedback
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1.The organization’s overall objectives and strategies are formulated.
2.Major objectives are allocated among divisional and departmental units.
3.Unit managers collaboratively set specific objectives for their units with their managers.
4.Specific objectives are collaboratively set with all department members.
Steps in a Typical MBO Program
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5. Action plans, defining how objectives are to be achieved, are specified and agreed upon by managers and employees.
6. The action plans are implemented.
7. Progress toward objectives is periodically reviewed, and feedback is provided.
8. Successful achievement of objectives is reinforced by performance-based rewards.
Steps in a Typical MBO Program
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Does MBO Work?
Reason for MBO Success
Top management commitment and involvement
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Does MBO Work?
Potential Problems with MBO Programs
Not as effective in dynamic environments that require constant resetting of goals.
Overemphasis on individual accomplishment may create problems with teamwork.
Allowing the MBO program to become an annual paperwork shuffle.
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• Written in terms of outcomes, not actionsFocuses on the ends, not the means.
• Measurable and quantifiableSpecifically defines how the outcome is
to be measured and how much is expected.
• Clear as to time frameHow long before measuring
accomplishment.
Well Written Goals
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• Challenging yet attainableLow goals do not motivate.High goals motivate if they can be
achieved.• Written down
Focuses, defines, and makes goals visible.• Communicated to all necessary organizational membersPuts everybody “on the same page.”
Well Written Goals
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Steps in Goal Setting
1. Review the organization’s mission statement.
Do goals reflect the mission?
2. Evaluate available resources.
Are resources sufficient to accomplish the mission?
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Steps in Goal Setting
3. Determine goals individually or with others.
Are goals specific, measurable, and timely?
4. Write down the goals and communicate them.
Is everybody on the same page?
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Steps in Goal Setting
5. Review results and whether goals are being met.
What changes are needed in mission, resources, or goals?
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Developing Plans
Contingency Factors in a Manager’s Planning
Manager’s level in the organization
• Strategic plans at higher levels
• Operational plans at lower levels
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Developing Plans
Degree of environmental uncertainty
Stable environment: specific plans
Dynamic environment: specific but flexible plans
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Developing Plans
Length of future commitments
Commitment Concept: current plans affecting future commitments must be sufficiently long-term to meet those commitments.
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Approaches of Planning
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Establishing a formal planning department
A group of planning specialists who help managers write organizational plans.
Planning is a function of management; it should never become the sole responsibility of planners.
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Involving organizational members in the process
Plans are developed by members of organizational units at various levels and then coordinated with other units across the organization.
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Contemporary Issues in Planning
Criticisms of Planning
Planning may create rigidity.
Plans cannot be developed for dynamic environments.
Formal plans cannot replace intuition and creativity.
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Contemporary Issues in Planning
Criticisms of Planning
Planning focuses managers’ attention on today’s competition not tomorrow’s survival.
Formal planning reinforces today’s success, which may lead to tomorrow’s failure.
Just planning isn’t enough.
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Effective Planning in Dynamic Environments
Develop plans that are specific but flexible.
Understand that planning is an ongoing process.
Change plans when conditions warrant.
Persistence in planning eventually pay off.
Flatten the organizational hierarchy to foster the development of planning skills at all organizational levels.