MANAGEMENT AND ITS CHALLENGE
Prepared by P. A. Mhache
Community Economic Development Student (2008/09)
Yesterday I promised to talk about what is management and key function of management, what do managers have in common in short “They get things done through their organizations”
Managers create the conditions and environment that enable organizations to survive and thrive beyond the tenure of any specific supervisor. A key aspect of managing is recognizing the role and importance of others.
Good managers know that the only way they can accomplish anything at all is through the people of the organization.
Management scholar Mary Parker Follet defined management as “the art of getting things done through people” Peter Drucker recently management theorist stated that the job of managers is to give direction to their organizations, provide leadership and decide how to use organizational resources to accomplish goals.
Getting things done through people and other resources and providing leadership and direction are what managers do. By saying so the following is the definition of Management.
Management is the attainment of organizational goals in and effective and efficient manner through planning, organizing, leading and controlling organizational resources.
There are two important ideas in this definition: one the four functions- planning, organizing, leading and controlling and second is the attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient manner.
Let me ask one question, you can answer it through your comment on this article or by any means. Kinondoni Municipal does it have a goal “Organizational goals” does it have resources? For those with answer of “YES” they’ll agree with me that the above definition is within our organization.
Kinondoni Municipality has its vision and mission statement. Let me remind you about this, I don’t mean that you are not aware of that but I think you can forget about it or we can give a minimal weight on it.
OUR VISION:
‘A community, which is motivated, dynamic, with socio economic development’
OUR MISSION:
‘Provision of quality services to the community through effective and efficient use of resources, capacity building, good governance and rule of
law hence improve the living standard of people’
To attain our vision and mission we need resources but always resources are scarce whether in term of human resources as well as material resources. To survive we are required to choose through scale of preferences. The whole activities must be done through Management.
By saying so, what is planning by the way, planning defines where the organization wants to be in the future and how to get there.
Planning means defining goals for future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and use of resources needed to attain them.
Lack of planning or poor planning can hurt an organization’s performance. And we can end – up being busy but busy for nothing. No one will recognize our efforts. Our DC complained that we are good on papers “ECXELLENT” but nothing moving ON, is it true?
Another function of Management is Organizing, it involves the assignment of tasks, the grouping of tasks into departments, and the assignment of authority and allocation of resources across the organization.
Leadership is becoming an increasingly important management function. Leading is the use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals. Leading means crating a shared culture and values, communicating goals to employees throughout the organization, and infusing employees with the desire to perform at a high level.
Leading involves motivating entire departments and divisions as well as those individuals working immediately with the manager.
Controlling is the fourth function in the management process. It means monitoring employees’ activities, determining whether the organization is on target toward its goals and making corrections as necessary. Managers must ensure that the organization is moving toward its goals.
By doing self assessment, are we doing the four function of management? If Yes are we on tract to achieve our goals and if Not what is wrong with us, are we COLD to be WARMED, I don’t know.
Next time before X-mass I would like to share with you about Management skills which includes Conceptual Skills, Human Skills and Technical Skills. I would also share with you about management type including Top Managers, Middle Managers and First Line Manager.
Please you can make your comment on my web www.ngorora.blogspot.com
19/12/2008
Thank you.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
KINONDONI WE CAN CHANGE
MANAGEMENT AND ITS CHALLENGE
Prepared by P. A. Mhache
Community Economic Development Student (2008/09)
I would like to share with my friends and other staffs especially in a Local government about management and its challenges. It is not a new concept, every body knows it but I think with this way it can be a good means of reminding each other. People are claiming that Local government staffs “Managers” they are not performing, politician has tried to advice that it could be better if all staffs from the organization “Local Government” they could pack off and go leaving the organization with a green light to prosper. Is this true? Am talking about Local Government Staffs and my concentration centre is Kinondoni Municipal council staffs.
Our Regional Commissioner (Mzee Kandoro) and our District Commissioner (Col F. Masawe) claimed that we are “COLD” and we need to be “WARMED”, is this true? Head of department and section were required to swear that they can change “ YES WE CAN”. To me it was a great challenge, whatever comment made during that session lead me to think that am not a part of the problem, but no way I am a part of it.
With that reasons I tried to go back to my program “CED Programme” and make some reference to identify what is the problem, why that problem and what resources available to solve the problem. I would like to share with you who play a role like a Manager.
Managers need to be able to understand and communicate information to others, maintaining good relationships with customers and members of the organization and make clear, rational decisions.
Manager makes plans for her department or company, organizes and leads staff and monitors activities to keep the department or company on target towards it goals. Is it what we are doing? If not we can’t change.
Managers are constantly dealing with uncertainty and unexpected events, whether it be something as small as the sudden loss of a major customer or something as large and dramatic.
Kinondoni like other organization is coping with diverse and far-reaching challenges, challenge about city cleanness “garbage collection”, challenges of Machinga where by every corner- of the road reserves and open spaces are now used as a market centre, no one doesn’t know its result, poor infrastructure, issue of education and so on.
Solid Management skills and actions are the key to helping this organization, workers are asking that managers share rather than hoard power. A new kind of leader is needed to guide through this turbulence – a strong leader who recognizes the complexity of today’s world and realizes there are no perfect answers.
The revolution asks managers to do more with less, to engage whole employees, to see change rather than stability as the nature of things, and to create vision and cultural values that allow people to create a truly collaborative workplace.
This new management approach is very different from a traditional mindset that emphasizes tight top-down control, employee separation and specialization and management by impersonal measurements and analysis.
Making a difference as a manager today and tomorrow requires integrating solid, tried-and true management skills with new approaches that emphasize the human touch, enhance flexibility and involve employees’ hearts and minds as well as their bodies.
Successful departments and organizations don’t jus happen – they are managed to be that way. Managers in every organization today face major challenges and have the opportunity to make a difference.
Every day managers solve difficult problems, turn organization around, and achieve astonishing performances.
We as manager let us remember what our Regional Manager Mzee Kandoro told us, to me that wise words aimed to make us change and Yes We Can we promised.
Protect your credibility/status
Protect reputation of your family
Protect reputation of your organization
And be Mzalendo
We all face challenges but with a little skills we can minimize if not eradicating that challenges.
Next time I would like to talk about definition of Management and four management functions (planning, organizing, Leading, Controlling)
Please you can make your comment on my web http://www.ngorora.blogspot.com/
Thank you.
PICK UP IS ANOTHER WAY OF SOLVING
It is difficult to buy water from youth who sell in retail especially for residents who are keeping animals such as goats, pig, turkey, poulty etc. the only solution is to use either pick up of water tanks to fullfill their demand. But it is more costly.
WATER AND PEOPLE
Mr Ngosha is one of resident a Salasala Kanisani. Most of youth by using their bicyle came to the area and buy one bucket of 20 lt of water for 30/=. The bucket is normally sold about 200/= to 500/=. The common means of carrying water to the residents is through bicyles. One bicycle can cary five to eight bucket at once.
IT IS A GOOD PLACE TO RISE CHILDREN
Salasala is a good place to rise children since they enjow good and clean air, direct winds blow from Indian Ocean, unpoluted air with clean environment.
IS THIS A SWINE OR PIG WITH PIGLETS
The result of this is a common business know as Kitimoto businesses which employ a number of youths and making people enjoying especially during week end. For those who though it is illegal to have it they can forgive it but that how things goes on their.
TURKEY (BATA MZINGA) at SALASALA
Turkey is another type of birds you can find at Salasala, expansion of project like this depends on availability of safe and clean water. The main problem facing turkey business is typhod desease which is a result of lack of clean and safe water. residents at Mbezi Salasala can eradicate problem of typhod to the turkey with availability of clean and safe water.
HOW ABOUT GOATS AT SALASALA
Goat keeping also is one way of making life accessible at Mbezi Salasala. Most of resident in the area keep goat. Lack of water limit expansion of project like this one. But with accessibility of water things will improve. Your are welcome to enjoy life at Salasala even for a while.
PIGS AND GOAT at SALASALA
Keeping pig is one of economic activities taken at Salasala. The business make life easier since most of resident use it to supliment their income. The picture aside show one day piglet.
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