Introduction to Management

INTRODUCTION TO
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT THEORY.....................................................................................1
ANALYSIS TO PROBLEM...........................................................................................................3
SUMMARY AND JUSTIFICATION.............................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Management refers to an effective and essential activity which is associated with
appropriately planning, organising, directing and controlling the resources, activities and
procedures which are necessary to ensure accomplishment within a company's strategies and
operations (Alford and et. al., 2017) . In addition to this, it also ensures enhancement in
effectiveness and efficiency of the resources within the organisation that is necessary for smooth
and consistent working. The report below is based on Imperial Hotel, London, which is one of
the most recognised Star City hotels within the country. However, the company is currently
facing several issues such as Poor operating of staff and rise in ineffectiveness due to lack of
motivation. Hence, the report covers likely causes of the issue from management and operational
perspectives, along with pointers for resolution of the problem.
REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT THEORY
It is highly important that the problem of ineffective performance of house staff is
reviewed through a specific management theory, which allows to gain a clearer perspective when
it comes to highlighting the issues that analyses the scope of improvement within the whole
problem. Furthermore, management theory would help in supporting the interpretation of data in
an appropriate manner (Goertzen, 2017).
Hence, to interpret the data appropriately about the Imperial Hotel, there is a particular
theory which would help in understand the current management within the hotel, which is
Situational Leadership Theory. It works on the notion that there is no particular style of
leadership within a company and the leaders, which in this case is the new manager must adopt
leadership approaches as per the situation prevailing within the organisation. Before analysing
the theory as per the case, there are several types of leadership styles that are explained briefly
below: Autocratic Leadership: This leadership style is the one under which, the power and
authority within the organisation is accessible to only few people. A directive approach is
adopted by the leaders which is related to providing the instructions without taking
employees' perspectives into consideration.
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