First: the concept of management
Scholars have not agreed on a specific definition of management, as many different definitions have been provided. However, despite the different views of writers and researchers on the definition of management, there is agreement among them that the management practiced by all managers in all types of organizations and at their various administrative levels is:
A group of similar activities (functions) in planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and decision-making, directed towards the organization's resources, which include human resources, financial resources, information resources, and time, with the aim of achieving the organization's goals. Effectively and efficiently under environmental conditions. The following figure summarizes the concept of management in the organization .
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From this definition of management we conclude the following:
- Resources (administrative process inputs) Resources :
The administrative process inputs include a group of resources representing the basic environmental inputs, which are human resources, financial resources, material resources, information, and time. The work of managers is to collect and use these resources through similar management processes (planning, organising, directing, controlling and manufacturing). decision) to achieve the organization's goals, and the following table gives an illustrative example of the resources used in some organizations.
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Below is a brief explanation of each of these resources:
- HR
Human resources include everyone who works in an organization, that is, the individuals who work in the facility , and one of the first duties of managers is to understand the nature of human resources and resources, in terms of their abilities, capabilities, talents, knowledge, trends, values, characteristics (such as age, gender...) and their level of education, because This helps them in managing it and thus achieving the goals of the organization.
- finance resource
It is the amount of money used to conduct current business and long-term investments.
- Material resources
It is all the buildings, equipment, equipment, machinery and furniture available in the organization.
- Information and ideas Information resources
It includes numbers, facts, and the party that collects, prepares, analyzes and studies them, in addition to the laws, regulations, instructions, procedures, and information that managers deal with.
Information and ideas have several characteristics, the most important of which are:
- Its scalability has no limits.
- They can be compressed, concentrated and summarized for easier handling.
- Ability to spread quickly.
- time
Time represents the key to completing various administrative activities. It is considered one of the most important resources in the organization, and it has characteristics that distinguish it from other resources, the most important of which are:
- It is a non-renewable (expendable) resource.
- It cannot be stored or rented.
- Time that passes without taking advantage of it is considered time wasted forever.
