Introduction to Management

  Reflective Journal of Introduction to Management     

            By the first days of attending lecture, we are given a brief introduction into this module. The program structure, assignments and examinations was explained by our lecturer, Miss Natasya. My expectation for this module was just simply excited as I looking forward to my group assignment where we are required to analysis and evaluate a company business activity through conducting an interviewing with a manager. Compared to group assignment given by others module, this group assignment gave me an opportunity to explore to outside world, do something that is more different and challenge.

            The important of managers in an organization, their skill, roles, and responsibilities is lecture in the first week too. It was pretty easy for me as I take People and Organization in my foundation year where it was quite similar with this module. I expect to learnt more in this semester as it is important to learn how to manage people and work well with them within the company as well as the skills used by the manager.

            The first things I learnt to be a good manager is the four function of management. There are four management functions which are planning, organizing, leading and controlling. In fact, being a good manager, we have to achieve the organization goals by the help of those management functions attach with Fayol’s 14 Principles of management. The following weeks I expected to learn the most effective leadership styles in recruiting, retaining, and motivate employees in nowadays working environment. Ranging from management history and the approaches peoples have used in management, to how business environment and the organization cultures affect management decisions. By right, I would able to learnt from past management blunders and avoid them by using the right management approach which are more aligned to the culture of the organization   to ensure smoother management of the business.

            Come to the more personal point of view, after 12 weeks of learning Introduction to Management, I’m able to learn something deeper than the management theories, for instants, the motivation theories I able to learnt something news which are Content theories and Process theories. This topic is one of the important topic to study because a good manager have the responsibility to motivate each of everyone in the organization to ensure the maximum outcome is achieve. Besides, I learnt a lot from the leadership theories where it give me the direction on leadership approach and acts as a guidance for me to work in various places with  with different employees. For example the situational leadership teaches me how to react and deal with different situation in different point of time.

This module is relatively important to my work life in the future. With the knowledge of management, I learnt to be a good manager in planning, organizing, leading and controlling the overall organization. I learnt to deal with people and manage them in the way they are wishing to be treated. This module had made my future more brighter in the senses that  I had a better understanding on managing business world !
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