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    The document defines management and the roles of managers in 3 sentences: Managers are responsible for planning, organizing, leading and controlling the efforts of organization members to achieve goals through the process of optimizing human, material and financial contributions. A modern view of management should be based on innovation, marketing and risk. Management involves organizing and using human, financial and material resources in a goal-directed manner through processes of planning, innovation and leadership to accomplish organizational tasks.

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    INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE GESTÃO E EMPRENDEDORISMO GWAZA MUTHINI

    INGLÊS DE NEGÓCIO I

    Defining management
    Here are some definitions of management and the role of managers. Complete the sentences with
    words from the box.

    Assembling controlling financial (2x) goals human (2x) information innovation (2x)
    leadership leading marketing material (2x) organization (2x) organizing planning (2x)
    process (2x) resources (2x)

    1. Managers are responsible for ‘the processof p_________________ , o______________


    , l ______________ and c _________________ the efforts of o__________________
    members and of using all organizational r___________________ to achieve stated
    organizational g_________________’.
    (Mescon, Albert and Khedourie, 1985, quoted in Hannagan, 1998, p.4)
    2. ‘(Management is) getting things done by other people’

    3. ‘(Management is) the process of optimizing h___________________,


    m______________ and f_________________ contributions for the achievement of
    organizational goals’.

    4. A modern view of management expressed by Sir Roland Smith, is that ‘Management


    should be based on i_________________ , m____________________ and risk’
    (quoted in Hannagan 1998, p.5)

    5. ‘All managers may be involved with the operational aspects of management but as they
    are promoted and develop, their role becomes increasingly one of p________________ ,
    i_________________ and l____________________ ‘
    (Hannagan, 1998, p.5)

    6. Management is ‘the p___________________ of a__________________ and using


    r_______________- h________________, f________________ and m_____________,
    and i__________________ - in a goal-directed manner to accomplish tasks in an
    o______________________
    (Black and Porter, 2000, p.19)
    2. The table shows four main roles of managers: planning, organizing, leading and controlling.
    Below the table is a list of management functions. Write each function under the correct
    heading.

    Planning Organizing

    Leading Controlling

    Management functions

    Communicating with staff comparing results with targets deciding strategy


    empowering staff to take decisions identifying change identifying needs
    managing resources putting systems in place Monitoring quality standards
    Motivation setting objectives taking on new staff

    Team building supervision Time management

    Teacher: Denilson Manjate

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