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good manager
Sean Williams

Roles and function of Management



Purpose:

This lesson is designed to give students an insight into how management works and what

characteristics make up a good manager.



Objectives:

Upon completion of this lesson students will be able to:

1. identify characteristics of a good manager.

2. give examples of specific roles that managers play.

3. create a diagram for the four functions of management.

4. compare and contrast effective management practices vs. poor management

practices.



TEKS/TAKS:

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Focus:

Have a students brainstorm for characteristics of managers. Two students will write the

ideas on the chalkboard. I will write the Webster’s Dictionary definition on the board.

The students will then analyze and discuss the meaning and wither they agree or disagree

with it.



Lesson Content:

1. Management Roles

 What is a manager – A manager is an individual or group of individuals

that make sure things get done.

 Small agribusiness roles on a farm include setting goals, managing, and

performing most of the labor.

 Major concerns for management are the decisions that effect the profits of

the business.

 The objective of a good manager is the efficient use of available human,

financial, and physical resources.

 To obtain this objective a manager must possess these characteristics:

a. Technical knowledge about the company’s product or service.

b. Good communication skills

c. Be an effective motivator

d. Proficient in the technical skills of management

- Marketing - Finance

- Forecasting - Personnel

- Accounting

e. Ability to blend the right combination of skills



2. Management Functions

- Managing an agribusiness can be broken down into a series of four basic steps.

 Planning – this is the basis upon which all other management activities

take place.

- To plan one must have a thorough understanding of the

goals of the business.

- The manager must use vision and imagination to plan a set

of activities for business to flow.

- The plan should be simple and easy to understand.

- The plan must be flexible because planning is a never

ending process.

 Organizing – This requires preparing a detailed outline of the firms

organization and should contain:

- the various tasks required

- specify who will be responsible for those tasks

- and a specific chain of command for each task

 Controlling - The agribusiness requires identifying what is being

accomplished and that can be broken down into to small tasks:

- recording the information about the business activities

- analyzing that information to determine what action to take

 Directing – This is the implementation of the planning, organizing, and the

controlling functions.

- The manager combines the plan, the physical resources, the

organization, and the controls with the human resource to

reach the desired goals.

- The success of the project is dependent on the enthusiasm

of the people actually doing the work.

- Give ownership to the employees by including them in

every step of the process.



Guided Practice:

I will first split the students up into groups of three. From there I will instruct the

students to create a diagram illustrating the flow of the four function of management.

The students will select a spokes person to present their diagram. The students must

defend their ideas against the other groups.



Independent Practice:

Students for homework will write a one page compare and contrast paper. The paper will

compare and contrast good management practices vs. poor management practices in a

company of their choice.



Materials:

 Chalkboard and chalk

References:

 IMS


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