Management Thought and Practices

Management Thought and
Practices

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
1. Functions and Roles that Rebecca perform and importance of that for Allstyles Department
Store and Businesses alike...........................................................................................................3
2. Management theories that are applicable for Allstyles Department Store..............................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Management can be defined as an activity through which all the efforts and activities
being carried out at organisation are coordinated. Some of the activities of Management are
planning organising and controlling so that organisation can achieve its objectives. Management
is a vast activity that extends to all the areas of organisation.This report is based on case study of
Rebecca. Rebecca is working as General Manager at Allstyles Department Store. This case study
also includes functions of Rebecca at department store. As a General Manager all the functions
of Rebecca are part of management functions in which Rebecca plays important role in
functioning of all the department of the store. On the basis of analysis of this case study the
report will discuss about roles and functions of Rebecca and their importance for Allstyles
Department Store and business alike. Later management theories will also be discussed in
context of the case study.
MAIN BODY
1. Functions and Roles that Rebecca perform and importance of that for Allstyles Department
Store and Businesses alike
Communication and Strategy Implementation
This is one of the important role and function of Rebecca in which she firstly undertake
meeting with departmental managers. Communication is integral part of the managerial functions
in which Rebecca ensures to speak with all departmental managers in order to explain price and
promotional strategy (Mutisya, 2016). This way Rebecca also play important role in strategy
implementation. Communication involves communicating strategy so that all the people who are
involved in strategy and its implementation are aware about the strategy and how it needs to be
implemented. These are important function as general manager of the store has to look over all
the activities of the organisation. strategy implementation plays key role in success of
organisational activities and this is why it is important that it is communicated properly. For
further and operational level communication Rebecca expect the managers to communicate and
inform staff about price reduction and way in which goods should be presented and customers

will be informed about promotions. Importance of Communication and strategy implementation
for Allstyles Department Store and businesses alike are-
 It ensures that all the parties concerned with decision and requires knowing certain
information is communicated on time and given required information.
 Strategy implementation is important because it contributes in achieving business
objectives and implementing strategy successfully leads to effective results (Odero,
2016).
Planning
This is another activity and role of Rebecca at Allstyles department store in which she can be
seen at participating in a meeting concerned with planning with senior management. In this
planning meeting Rebecca agree to sales target for the coming 12 months. Rebecca also inform
senior management about the computer Store that has open close to Allstyles department store
and taking the store in account states that the planning is strategic planning in which all the
affecting factors are considered and planning is done accordingly. Planning create basis for
operations and function of organisation health planning is very important for or ensuring that
Organization has clear objectives to be achieved. This objectives are part of planning and it is
important to ensure that all the planning concerned with operations to be performed at Store and
business alike are successful and possess strong possibilities of success. Importance of Planning
for Allstyles Department Store and businesses alike-
 Planning ensures that all the resources are used effectively and efficiently. Planning
contributes in defining roles of different resources in achieving objectives of the
organization.
 Managing Risk and Uncertainty is another importance of planning. This means that
planning outlines all the risk and uncertainties that can be experienced while achieving
objectives (Ortikmirzaevich, 2017). This required developing measures through which
risk and uncertainties can be managed and reduced.
Motivation