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IntroduCtIon to management and leadershIp ## 1 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP In this introductory part, we will begin by understanding the basic definitions of the concepts. ## What is an organisation? We can simply refer to an organisation as a collection of people working together to achieve a common goal. These people are working together to achieve a common purpose, which is usually the organisation's set objectives. Working together, people are able to accomplish tasks that one individual would not have been able to do. Organisations are supposed to have a vision, mission, goals and objectives. They undertake various activities which emanate from those goals. Some scholars have asserted that organisations are systems of inter-dependent human beings 1 . Organisations are supposed to do what an individual human being would not do or achieve alone. ## What is management? Several definitions of management have been given. According to Peter Drucker (1955) 2 , a management guru, management is concerned with a systematic organisation of economic resources to make these resources productive. Other definitions look at what management does. Such definitions refer to managem

Author

Elly R. Twineyo Kamugisha

Published

2017

Language

EN