Introduction to Management

Dr. Amjad Mohammed Idries

Stop and think

• It is not a management as science, it is a accumulated behaviour and knowledge lead to dynamics of best systems to operate.

Being a manager of organization !!

• From non-management background (is it good

or bad?)

• All sciences were from personal experience.

• Self-development concept.

• What are the basic/essential managerial

activities?

Whole system thinking:

• Used to reduce the potential of unintended adverse effects;

• Assume that any activity within the organization resulted in a range of influences and changes on other elements of the system;

Whole system thinking:

• It emphasizes the idea of interrelationships rather than linear cause-effect chains;

• It looks for examining the properties that exist upon combining parts into the whole rather than breaking the whole into parts;

Whole system thinking:

Accordingly:(1) system is made up of interrelated and related

parts (whole);(2) system is linked to the environment;(3) change happened for equilibrated system by

applying energy;(4) players within the system have different

views about functions and purpose of the system;

Definition of management• Management is the process of

planning, organizing, leading and controlling the work of organization members and of using all available organizational resources to reach stated organizational goals.

Difference between administration and management?

(1) Division of work;

(2) Authority;

(3) Discipline;

(4) Unity of command;

(5) Scalar principle;

(6) Unity of direction;

(7) Interest subordination;

What are the similarities and differences between:

the job of the Director General of State MOH and the Manger of Health Center?

Manager role (Fayol’s theory)

1. Forecasting;

2. Planning;

3. Organizing;

4. Commanding;

5. Coordinating;

6. Controlling;

Managerial roles (Mintzberg’s model)

1. Interpersonal role;

2. Informational role;

3. Decisional role;

What are the similarities and differences between:

the job of the Director General of State MOH and the Manger of Health Center?

What to manage?1. Planning2. Management of manpower3. Management of time4. Management of supplies and equipment5. Management of information6. Management of activities7. Evaluation

Comparison:Public Versus Private

Health Care Management

What are the Differences?

• Aim;

• Legislations;

• Managing people;

• Bureaucracy;

What are the Similarities?

• Need for effectiveness and efficiency

• Clarification of aim and objectives;

• Designing suitable structure;

• Doing essential administrative functions;

New public management and health sector reforms

1. Reorganizing the public sector into more

autonomous corporatized units.

2. Introduction of market elements with contract-

based competitive provision.

3. Cooperation with the private sector and

privatization.

New public management and health sector reforms

4. Private-sector styles of management

practice.

5. Explicit use of measurable standards and

measures of performance.

6. Greater emphasis on outcomes.