ASSIGNMENT # 1

Name: M. Areeb Shahid (Deaf)

ID participant: F2016054059
Submitted to: Sir Abdul Ghaffar
Section: C5

PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT
 Managers: definition of omnipotent and symbolic view of
management:
The dominant view in management theory and society in general is that managers are directly
responsible for an organization's success or failure. This viewpoint is known as the
omnipotent view of management. In difference, others have said that much of an
organization's success or failure is due to external forces outside managers control.

Omnipotent view of management:

Omnipotent view of management is the view that managers is that they have virtually only
an unlimited control over the organisation and its purpose of outcomes low number of things
limited to their management. The view that managers are directly responsible for associate
organization’s success or failure. the standard view of managers is that they need just about
unlimited management over the organization and its purpose, functions and operations and
so they alone are responsible for all its success and failures.
• The quality of the organization is decided by the quality of its managers.
• Managers are held in control of associate organization’s performance
• yet it's tough to attribute good or poor performance directly to their influence on the
organization.
• Good managers anticipate change, exploit opportunities, correct poor performance
and lead their organizations
• When profits are up, credit goes to manager and he gets reward or bonuses
• When profits go down, managers are blamed and unemployed

Symbolic view of management:

Symbolic view of management is the view that managers have only a limited impact on
substantive structure outcomes because of large number of things outside their
management. Managers are directly responsible for associate organization’s success or
failure. The view that managers have only a limited impact on substantive structure outcomes
because of the big number of things outside their management External.
• Much of an organization’s success or failure is due to external forces outside of
managers’ control.
• The ability of managers to affect outcomes is influenced and constrained by external
factors.
• The economy, customers, governmental policies, competitors, industry conditions,
technology, and the actions of previous managers
• Managers symbolize control and influence through their action.
 Economy
 Customers
 Government
 Competitors
 Industry conditions