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5 Great Management Principles

Bill Davis, MA, CM, core faculty and program chair at Forbes School of Business & Technology at Ashford University online, shares key management principles.

According to Steve Jobs, "Simple can be more complex: you have to work hard to keep your thinking clean to make it simple." By understanding and learning to apply these universal principles, you are likely to excel as a manager in any organization.

Principle No. 1: Management Function

While managers often view their job as a task orientation or supervisor, this view is an illusion.

At a fundamental level, management is a discipline that consists of a common set of functions: planning, organizing, staffing, controlling. These five functions are part of the practice and theory of how to be a successful manager.

Understanding the function will help managers focus on activities that get results. Summarizes the five great management functions (ICPM Content Management):

Planning: When you think of planning in a management role, about it as the process of selecting the right goals and actions to pursue and then determining what strategies to use, what actions to take, and deciding what resources are needed to achieve the goals.
Organizing: The process of building worker relations helps workers to work together to achieve their organizational goals.
Leading: This function involves articulating a vision, energizing employees, inspiring and motivating people using vision, influence, persuasion and effective communication skills.
Staffing: Recruiting and selecting employees to be in positions within the company (in teams and departments).
Control: No matter what you achieve your goals, improve performance, take action. Put in place processes to help you set standards, so you can measure, compare, and make decisions.

Prinsip No.2: Jenis dan Peran Manajer dalam Organisasi

Organizational structure is important in advancing business and every organization has a structure. No matter the specific position of the organization, the organization contains front, middle, and top line managers. On top of the top management team are the CEO and the board of directors. To see this structure even more clearly, visualize the pyramid model. The more you move to the top of the pyramid, the fewer managers you will have. Role All of these management have specific duties and duties. According to Jones and George, "A managerial role is the set of tasks a manager is expected to perform because of his position in an organization." These skills can be acquired with an online degree in organizational management.

All great managers play an important role in this model. One important point to remember is from Henry Mintzberg, a management scholar who researched and reduced the abilities exercised by managers into 10 roles (ICPM). The model suggests that there are three main types of roles that all managers play; they are decision, interpersonal, and informational. In a decision role, the manager can work entrepreneurially, as a distraction controller, resource allocator or negotiator. In an interpersonal role, the manager can be a figure, a leader, and a liaison. In an informational role, they "," become the spreaders or spokespersons, and they share information.

Prinsip No.3: Manajemen Sumber Daya Organisasi yang Efektif

An important component in operationalizing an organization's strategic plan is to allocate resources where they have the most impact. In fact, Dr. Ray Powers (2015), dean at Forbes School of Business & Technology, believes that is the most important thing to do.

"I define resources as people, time, money, and assets - and of course the basic definition of a project is to have a goal and a start and end date - for almost any activity we do," he explained.

Managers in operational planning and budget planning, in carrying out what must be done, in what order to do it, and determining what resources are suitable to successfully achieve the plan. Remember that this is affection. The strategic plan and its specific objectives define what is important and what does not define it.

Prinsip No.4: Memahami dan Menerapkan Empat Dimensi Kecerdasan Emosional (EQ) dalam Memaksimalkan Potensi Manusia

Effective managers understand the context and culture in leadership situations. What helped these managers succeed? It's simple; they understand intelligence Q (competence in every dimension of emotional intelligence).

The four dimensions are: high self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, and good social skills. All of these competencies are important, and lead to great relationships with people. They lead to stronger and more effective managerial performance. EQ is a very important component to excel as a supervisor.

The manager's job is to find ways to convert the skills and talents of team members into higher levels of performance. This idea in no way suggests manipulation. In fact, it's about maximizing human potential, one team member at a time. This is both art and science.

Dr Diane Hamilton, program chair at Forbes School of Business & Technology, recently described a candidate seeking a position on the faculty with a high EQ. Hamilton, a highly skilled professional possessing knowledge and skills in the Meyers Type Briggs area, recognized the importance of EQ.

"He shows emotional intelligence and exemplifies the high caliber candidates I represent from the FSB," he said of the candidates.

Principle No. 5: Get to Know the Business

A common axiom in management is that a qualified manager can run any business. This point is only partly true. It is true that most managers are generalists serving specialists; however, many highly successful managers begin their careers in specialist roles. Prospective managers must first study their business by doing, work in the trenches, and discover how organizations work together to become universal totals, because excellent managers are at discovering what is universal in business and exploiting it.

Conclusion

Remember, as a managerial manager, for greater job satisfaction and career success, you must align your organization's vision, mission, strategy, leadership, systems, structure, and culture. In everything you do, treat people fairly and honestly and do your best to follow and embrace your organization's ethics and values as well as your own. Talk about walking and doing what is said, and remember, people are watching and watching how you do it. Give the best for your team, organization and customers. Become an effective manager to get performance results for your organization and build trust and positive relationships with your people.

Written by Bill Davis, MA, CM, core faculty and program leader at Forbes School of Business & Technology at Ashford University, and Dr. Michael Reilly, PhD, professor at the Forbes School of Business & Technology at Ashford University.