LABORATORY MANAGEMENT - Introduction

means identifying goals for future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and use of resources needed to attain them. In other words, managerial planning defines where the organization wants to be in the future and how to get there.

• Planning

• Leading/Directing

• Controlling

• Organizing

is the use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals. Leading means creating a shared culture and values, communicating goals to employees throughout the organization, and infusing employees with the desire to perform at a high level.

• Planning

• Leading/Directing

• Controlling

• Organizing

involves assigning tasks, grouping tasks into departments, delegating authority, and allocating resources across the organization.

• Planning

• Leading/Directing

• Controlling

• Organizing

means monitoring employees’ activities, determining whether the organization is on target toward its goals, and making corrections, as necessary.

• Planning

• Leading/Directing

• Controlling

• Organizing

Includes one or more employees in the decision-making process, with the leader maintaining the final decision-making authority

• Delegative

• Combination

• Authoritative/autocratic

• Participative/democratic

Leader informs employees what is to be done and how it is to be performed

• Delegative

• Combination

• Authoritative/autocratic

• Participative/democratic

confers the decision making ability to the employees, with the leader still responsible for the decisions made by the employees

• Delegative

• Combination

• Authoritative/autocratic

• Participative/democratic

All three styles are used, depending on the issues involved

• Delegative

• Combination

• Authoritative/autocratic

• Participative/democratic

Who developed the leadership theory?

• Henry Fayol

• Henry Gantt

• Kurt Lewin

• Fredrick Herzberg

Who developed the Scientific Management?

• Henry Gantt

• Frederick Taylor

• Henri Fayol

• Max Webber