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All About Management
© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting,
LLC.
Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision.
Traditionally, the term "management" refers to the activities (and often the group of people) involved in the four general functions: planning, organizing, leading and coordinating of resources. Note that the four functions recur throughout the organization and are highly integrated. Emerging trends in management include assertions that leading is different than managing, and that the nature of how the four functions is carried out must change to accommodate a "new paradigm" in management. This topic in the library helps the reader to accomplish a broad understanding of management (including traditional and emerging views), and the areas of knowledge and skills required to carry out the major functions of management.
The following topics are very closely related to this topic in the Library: Management Development, Supervision and Leadership.
Sections of This Topic Include
Suggested Previous Reading
Introduction to Organizations (at least the information under the title "Basics")
Gaining Broad Understanding of Organizational Management
Basics
-- Definitions (and Misconceptions) in Management (also includes
4 major functions)
Is
Leading Different than Managing? (pros and cons of this debate)
Historical and Contemporary Theories in Management
Current
Theories in Management
Various
Styles of Management
New
Paradigm in Management
Managing Yourself
Basic, Entry-Level Skills
Basic,
Entry-Level Skills in Organizational Management
Basic
Guide to Management and Supervision
Major Functions of Management (and areas of knowledge and skills in each)
Major
Function -- Planning
Major
Function -- Organizing
Major
Function -- Leading
Major
Function -- Coordinating/Controlling
Nonprofit-Specific Areas of Knowledge and Skills
Nonprofit-Specific Areas of Skills and Practices
General Advice (Tips, etc.)
Various Suggestions for Knowledge and Skills Needed by Management
Basic Guide to Management and Supervision
Basic Guide to Management and Supervision
General Resources
Glossary of Business Terms
Three Management Approaches
Management by Walking Around
Managers Using the Right Principles in the Wrong
Places
Management and our Faulty Perspective of Ego in
Business
Management and the Positive Consistency Principle
Management and the All Blame Migrates Principle
Management - a General Theory
Managing Is Hard Work: Avoid These Four Mistakes
Effective Management: Should You Break the Rules?
Also see
Related Library Topics
Learn More in the Library's Blogs Related to Management
In addition to the articles on this current page, also see the following blogs that have posts related to Management. Scan down the blog's page to see various posts. Also see the section "Recent Blog Posts" in the sidebar of the blog or click on "next" near the bottom of a post in the blog. The blog also links to numerous free related resources.
Library's
Leadership Blog
Library's Supervision Blog
For the Category of Management:
To round out your knowledge of this Library topic, you may
want to review some related topics, available from the link below.
Each of the related topics includes free, online resources.
Also, scan the Recommended Books listed below. They have been
selected for their relevance and highly practical nature.
Related Library Topics
Recommended Books
General (For-Profit and Nonprofit)
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Nonprofit-Specific
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