Review of Major Management Functions
MODULE TWO
REVIEW OF MAJOR
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1. Describe the components of the effective management 2. Give at least 5 principles of nursing management 3. Define planning, organizing, leading, and controlling 4. State the purposes and benefits of planning 5. Describe the phases of planning 6. Differentiate between strategic and operational planning 7. Describes the steps in strategic planning 8. Name the major element of directing 9. Name the important criteria in the delegation of responsibilities 10. Name and describe at least three techniques used in controlling
CONTENT OUTLINE
I. THE NATURE OF MANAGEMENT PROCESS A. Principles of Management Process B. Components of Management Process II. PLANNING A. The Nature of Planning B. Purposes of Planning C. Process of Planning D. Types of Planning III. ORGANIZING A. Principles of Organizing IV. DIRECTING A. Activities Related to Directing B. Selected Tasks of Nurse Managers-Supervisor C. Leadership, Communication, Motivation V. CONTROLLING A. Principles of Controlling
I. THE NURSING MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Management has been defined as the process of getting work done through others. According to Fayol (in Swansburg, 1993):
“To manage is to forecast and plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control. To foresee and provide means of examining the future and drawing up the plan of action. To organize means building up the dual structure, material, and human of the undertaking. To command means binding together, unifying and harmonizing all activity and effort. To control means seeing that everything occurs in conformity with established rule and expressed demand.”
A. The Principles of Management Process
Fayol listed the principles of management as follows:
* Division of Labor * Authority * Discipline * Unity of Command * Subordination of individual interests to the general
REVIEW OF MAJOR
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1. Describe the components of the effective management 2. Give at least 5 principles of nursing management 3. Define planning, organizing, leading, and controlling 4. State the purposes and benefits of planning 5. Describe the phases of planning 6. Differentiate between strategic and operational planning 7. Describes the steps in strategic planning 8. Name the major element of directing 9. Name the important criteria in the delegation of responsibilities 10. Name and describe at least three techniques used in controlling
CONTENT OUTLINE
I. THE NATURE OF MANAGEMENT PROCESS A. Principles of Management Process B. Components of Management Process II. PLANNING A. The Nature of Planning B. Purposes of Planning C. Process of Planning D. Types of Planning III. ORGANIZING A. Principles of Organizing IV. DIRECTING A. Activities Related to Directing B. Selected Tasks of Nurse Managers-Supervisor C. Leadership, Communication, Motivation V. CONTROLLING A. Principles of Controlling
I. THE NURSING MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Management has been defined as the process of getting work done through others. According to Fayol (in Swansburg, 1993):
“To manage is to forecast and plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control. To foresee and provide means of examining the future and drawing up the plan of action. To organize means building up the dual structure, material, and human of the undertaking. To command means binding together, unifying and harmonizing all activity and effort. To control means seeing that everything occurs in conformity with established rule and expressed demand.”
A. The Principles of Management Process
Fayol listed the principles of management as follows:
* Division of Labor * Authority * Discipline * Unity of Command * Subordination of individual interests to the general