Why is an understanding of people and organisational management principles important for the housing profession? How can management theories help meet the key challenges of the 21st century?

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It is not easy to give a precise definition of management because of its wide application by different people and different situations . For instance the economists consider management as a resource like , land capital , labor and organisation . The bureaucrats consider it a system of authority . Management can be defined as a continuous social process involving the coordination of human and material resources in to accomplish desired objectives . Management as a process if well organised creates unity within an organisation . It can also be

viewed as organising human and physical resources into dynamic organisational units to achieve set objectives . As a process it involves a series of closely interrelated functions aimed at achieving the set objectives The whole process of management entails , functions as planning organising , staffing , directing and controlling . This therefore means that management is a multipurpose process (Sandberg , 2000

Management is the art of knowing what you want to do and then seeing that it is done in the best and cheapest way . To manage is to forecast and to plan , to organise to command , to coordinate and to control

The interplay of people and management principles can be explained by theories such as classical theory , human relations , a system theory etc these theories are important in reshaping management within an organisation . This shall give a more advanced focus on these theories and how they contribute to good management

The human relations theory and practice of management

The contributors to human relations theory and practice are : Douglas McGregor , Fredrick Herzeberg , Abraham Maslow , Elton Mayo , Chris Argyis Rensis Likert and David McClelland

In the event to explain how the human relations contributes to good management I shall discuss some theories and practice that relate to human relations . This school of thought was associated with Elton Mayo who did a research on the how human behaviour impacts on the place of work . He carried a research on Hawthorne effect . The overriding issue in this theory is on employee motivation . Elton Mayo carried out a research of the western electric company in Chicago 1924 and 1927

The human relations findings show that

Work is a group activity , which requires proper coordination between the participants

Human beings are social naturally and as such they are bound to interact in their places o work . For this reason they need recognition security a sense of belonging in to have high productivity or high output

The social environment in and outside the organisation usually determines a workers attitude and behaviour

Team Building and facilitating in Workplace leads to Productivity , while tools for Management Leads to Change

In to understand motivation a proper understanding of human nature is required in any organisation . Research has shown that motivated employees are more productive and creative . There are two forms of motivation namely

Intrinsic motivation- an individual is motivate bay the internal factors

Extrinsic motivation one is motivated by external factors such as rewards . Over a long period of time money...