North Borneo University College

Assignment 1 Principles of Management Course Code : MGT 1401

1.1 Introduction
Management is an organization and coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objectives.Management is often included as a factor of production such as machines , materials or money. Besides that, basic task includes both marketing and innovation.Management consists of the interlocking functions such as organizing,planning,controlling and leading an organizations resources in order to achieve the objectives of that policy. The person who is responsible for running an organization is a manager or director. They make decisions,allocate resources , directing the work or activities of others and taking corrective action when necessary.It is more important for the manager to know how to manage the workers than to know how to do their work well.
Furthermore, the managers must manage the organization effectively , so that they will be able to detect and locate problems to be solved.In the other way , manager will be enable to asses future and make plans for it to attain its goal.

1.2 What do Managers do ? * Interaction
A manager should be able know how to interact well with others.Interaction through business means transaction between employees, customers, partners, and suppliers. It is to improve their leadership skills in such areas as productivity,handling employee conflict,performance improvement,delegation and overcoming resistence risk or problems. * Reflection
It is the extension of good listening skills to be able to develop the ability of reflect words or thinking.A manager should hear its employee own thoughts or focus on what they say or feel.With that , an employee