WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?LEARNING MANAGEMENT CONCEPT and ISSUES
PREPARED BY BLOGGER:TÜRKİYE’DE YÖNETİM
DANIŞMANLIĞI (MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY IN
TURKEY)
WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?
• It is possible to come across multiple definitions of a concept in the social sciences.
• In this context, you can find «different but complementary» management definitions.
• MANAGEMENT=ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS THROUGH OTHERS
HIGHLIGHTED THREE ELEMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT
DEFINITIONS• Management as a process• Management as people and groups• Management as a collection of knowledge
MANAGEMENT PROCESS• Management definition which focuses on management process
• Emphasizes that management is a process, • Management functions: planning, organization, directing, coordination and
control
Planning Organization Directing Coordination Control
MANAGEMENT BY INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
• Familial (patrimonial) management• Political management• Professional management
FAMILIAL (PATRIMONIAL) MANAGEMENT
• basic political decision-making bodies and all hierarchical levels are filled by individuals from a certain family
POLITICAL MANAGEMENT• basic political decision-making bodies and all hierarchical levels are filled
by individuals who have a certain political viewpoint
PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT• basic political decision-making bodies and all hierarchical levels are filled
by individuals who are selected on the basis of expertise and talent management