Management Functions – PST06101 Leadership and Management
NTA Level 6 • Semester 1 • PST06101 Management Functions Leadership and Management • Source Session/Topic 7 Full source-text version: all educational wording from the extracted learning source is retained; only presenter/tutor metadata and web-layout noise are removed, while formatting is improved for readability. Session 7: Management Functions Total Session Time: 120 minutes Prerequisites • None Learning Tasks By the end of this session students are expected to be able to: • Define management functions • List management function performed by pharmaceutical heads • Describe the relationship between management function and pharmaceutical services • List three key management functions • Differentiate Management skills and management roles • Explain importance of planning and reporting to a manager of the health system. Resources Needed: • Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape • Black/white board and chalk/whiteboard markers • LCD projector and computer • Handout 7.1: Management Functions SESSION OVERVIEW Activity/ Step Time Content Method 1 05 minutes Presentation Introduction, Learning Tasks 05 minutes Presentation 2 Definition of Management Function Buzzing 20 minutes Presentation 3 Small Group Management Function Discussion 30 minutes Presentation Relationship of Management Function 4 and Pharmaceutical Services 05 minutes Presentation 5 Three Key Management Function Brainstorming 6 30 minutes Presentation Management Skills and Roles 15 minutes Presentation Importance of Planning and Reporting 7 to Pharmaceutical Staff. 8 05 minutes Presentation Key Points 9 05 minutes Presentation Evaluation PST 06101 Leadership and Management NTA L 6 Semester 2 Facilitator Guide 37 SESSION CONTENTS STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes) READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify ASK students if they have any questions before continuing. STEP 2: Definition of Terms (5 minutes) Activity: Buzzing (5 minutes) Ask students to pair and buzz on the following: • What is management function? ALLOW few students to respond WRITE their responses on the flip chart/board CLARIFY and SUMMARISE by using the content below • Management function is definition as a set of functions carried out by managers by nature of their jurisdiction in their respective organizations. STEP 3: Management Functions (20 minutes) Activity: Small Group Discussion ( 15 minutes) DIVIDE students into small manageable groups ASK students to discuss on the following question • What are the management functions? ALLOW students to discuss for 15 minutes ALLOW few groups to present and the rest to add points not mentioned CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below: • Management Functions can be abbreviated by the term PODSCBERS which stand for: o Planning o Organizing PST 06101 Leadership and Management NTA L 6 Semester 2 Facilitator Guide 38 o Directing o Staffing o Controlling o Budgeting o Evaluating o Reporting o Supervising Refer learners to Hand-out 7.1: Management Functions STEP 4: Relationship of Management Functions with Pharmaceutical Services (35 minutes) • Staff serving at pharmaceutical staff is similar to other staff in other areas of service. • Planning function is necessary to pharmaceutical services. As through planning is where all needs to be used in pharmaceutical unit will be realised. • Organizing is vital at pharmaceutical services since all staff and supplies used at pharmaceutical unit need to be well organized to address client‘s needs • Staffing as said above at pharmaceutical unit need human resource who will be delivering services. All issues related to staffing will as well be applied at pharmaceutical unit. • Controlling as a mechanism for management to monitor people providing services at pharmaceutical unit and all supplies used should be well controlled for best use. • Budgeting is a fundamental function in management as through that is where needs planned above will be converted into monetary terms at pharmaceutical which will reflect the actual value of money to be used at pharmaceutical unit. • Evaluating function is very important to pharmaceutical services as the supplies at that point is very tempting hence need close evaluation from time to time. Not only how they were being used but need further deep evaluation to know the result realised after being used in terms of cure. • Reporting function is a very vital function to management similar to pharmaceutical services as through that all records experienced will be documented. The report will be shared with all stakeholders: management, funders, community etc. That will portray the immerge of the service provided by pharmaceutical unit. • Supervising function as well needed to be practiced at pharmaceutical services as through that are where managers can provide support needed and through that managers will build capacity of staff. • Generally, all management functions are practiced at pharmaceutical unit or services. PST 06101 Leadership and Management NTA L 6 Semester 2 Facilitator Guide 39 STEP 5: Three Key Management Functions (5 minutes) Activity: Brainstorming (5 minutes) Ask students to brainstorm on the following question: • Three Key Management Functions? ALLOW few students to respond WRITE their responses on the flip chart/ board CLARIFY and SUMMARISE by using the content below • Informational function • Interpersonal function and • Decisional function. STEP 6: Difference Between Management Skills and Roles (15 Minutes) • Management skills – is the practice of understanding, developing and deploying people and their skills to enable a manager perform assigned duties. o Management skills o Time management skills o Communication skills o Resource management skills o Problem solving skills o Interpersonal relationship skills. • Management roles – Are those roles performed by a manager. For the sake of the learning the roles are grouped into the following three major roles: o Interpersonal roles – A manager in deals with people both in the organization like employees, students, visitors and those who are outside the organization customers, stakeholders, neighbours, suppliers, etc. He is as well an organization representative or figure heads who meets with various stakeholders on behalf of the organization. o Informational role – A manager manages many things information inclusive. Information management includes collecting information, receiving information, filtering information and disseminating information to various users. o Decisional role – On day to day