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MEANING
A principle
refers to a statement which reflects the fundamental truth about
some phenomenon based on cause and effect relationship.
Management
principles are the statements of fundamental truth which act as
guidelines for taking managerial actions and decisions.
Management
Principles vs. Pure Science Principles
1.Management
Principles are very flexible whereas pure science principles are rigid.
2. Management
Principles are applied with creativity as these principles influence the
behavior of human being whereas scientific principles are applied in absolute
in static manner.
3. Management
principles have to keep pace with the changing requirement of business environment
whereas scientific principles do not change with time.
Management
Principles vs. Management Techniques
1. Management
Principles are guidelines for managerial actions whereas management techniques
are methods and procedures which involve series of steps to be performed to
accomplish the goal.
2. Management
Principles are flexible as compared to techniques.
Management
Principles vs. Values
1. Management
Principles are guidelines for managerial actions whereas management values are
rules for behavior of individual in society.
2. Management
Principles are technical in nature whereas values are ethical in nature.
3. Management
Principles insist on fulfilling of values and ethics of society.
Derivation
of Management Principles
Management principles are not developed overnight but a
complete procedure to develop these principles is undertaken. The management
principles are derived and developed in following two steps:
1. Deep observations. The researchers observe
deeply while employees are working and note down the reactions of employees on
various managerial decisions.
2.
Repeated
experiments. The decision or statement which is repeatedly observed is
being tested in different organizations with different sets of employees and if
they get the result in same direction in all organizations, then the statement
is given the name of a principle and principle is derived.
For example, if it is
observed that efficiency level of employees is in- creased by dividing the work
according to their capabilities, then it is tested in different organizations
and if the accepted as a principle.
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Co-ordination: The Essence of Management
Co-ordination brings unity of action
and integrates different activities of organisation. Coordination is considered
as the essence of management because of following reasons:
1.
Coordination
is needed to perform all functions of management :
(i) In planning coordination
is required between main plan and supportive plans of different departments.
(ii) In organizing
coordination is required between different resources of an organisation and
also between authority responsibility and accountability.
(iii) In staffing
coordination required between skill of a person and job assigned to him,
between efficiency and compensation etc.
(iv) In directing
function coordination is required between superior and subordinates, between
orders, instructions, guidelines and suggestions etc.
In controlling function
coordination is required between standards and actual performance.
2.
Coordination
is required at all the levels :
(i)
Top level requires
coordination to integrate all the activities of organization and lead the
efforts of individuals in one common direction.
(ii)
Coordination is required at middle level to balance
the activities of different departments so that these can work as a part of one
organisation only.
(iii) Lower
level requires coordination to integrate the activities of workers towards
organisational objectives.
Coordination
is the most important function of an organisation. Any company which fails to
coordinate its activities cannot survive and run successfully for a long period
of time.
For example, Allwyn
Company, established in 1942, was the first company to produce a double-decker
bus. It was running successfully as a leading electronic industry, especially
in refrigeration industry. By the end if 1980 the company faced the problem of
co-ordination. There was lack of balance of integration of different
activities; as a result the company started facing huge looses and by 1993
company had an accumulated loss of Rs.168 crore. Company failed to balance its
departmental activities and product folios.
So in short we can say without coordination
no company can work efficiently and earn profit.
CO-ORDINATION
Apart from other functions, there is one more important
function which every manager has to perform. This is called co-ordination. It is not only a
function but it is essence of management.
Co-ordination can be defined as “Synchronization of efforts
from the stand-point of time and the sequence of execution”. In general
co-ordination means bringing together the activities and resource of
organization and bringing harmony in them.
Coordination is the base or primary function of
every manager because every manager because various departments of an organization
are working independently and there is need to relate and integrate their
activities.
Elements of Coordination
The key elements of co-ordination are:
i.
Integration.
It refers to the unification of all unrelated interests or
activities bringing together the efforts and directing them to a common
direction. Integration results is better performance of the organization
In
the organization employees come from different backgrounds, they have different
interests, different aspirations. The coordinate function is unify and bring
together the interests of all the employees towards the interests of the
organizations.
ii.
Balancing. It means integrating the activities and efforts of different
departments, working independently. It brings harmony in the working of whole
company. Although the departments of an organization work independently but
their activities must relate to each other, else there can be chaos and
confusion.
For example, the sales department has taken an
order of 1000 units, it cannot execute the order unless and until production
department produces 1000 units, production department cannot produce 1000 units
unless and until purchase department provides raw materials and so on. So we
can see that although departments seem to work independently but they depend on
each other so there is need to balance and match the activities of different
departments.
iii.
Timing. It means scheduling the operations in a suitable order so that
there is no interruption in the operating process due to delay in one activity.
Integrating the timing of different activities lead to smooth flow and smooth
working of an organisation.
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