MEI Fundamentals of Control Theory. Test

Question 1. What are the main categories of management theory?

Management theory is a science that studies management processes in socio-economic systems, the content and form of management relations, the patterns of their emergence and development, as well as the principles and methods of management. There are other views on the theory of management. At the same time, a common for all definitions of management theory is the recognition of the presence in the structure of social relations of a special kind of relations - managerial, that arise in the management process in social systems of any level and purpose.

Elements of the theory of control can be classified as:
• The essence of management relations, as a system of people´s interaction about the organization of their life together;
• a mechanism for managing different systems of the socio-economic organism;
• mechanism of self-organization and self-regulation of systems of various levels (individual, collective, city, district, region, country, etc.);
• receptions, techniques and methods of the management process;
• structural elements of the management system.
• general patterns of the emergence, functioning and development of management phenomena;
• basic concepts used in management sciences (management concept, management objectives, management principles, management relations, management methods, management effectiveness, management functions, management object, management subject, etc.).

The main categories of management theory are:
 management;
 management system;
 subject of management;
 object of management;
 management relations;
 management objectives;
 principles of management;
 management methods;
 management functions;
 management process;
 management model;
 management technology;
 management style;
 management decision.