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School of Built Environment Heriot Watt University ASSIGNMENT PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Submitted by: Anup Chellappen Nair MSc. Construction Management (Project Management) Registration Number: 071223616 CONTENTS Part 1 3 Introduction 3 Why are the Understanding of People and Organisational Management Important? 3 Key Challenges of the 21st Century 7 Conclusion 8 Part 2 9 My Own Management Competencies 9 References 11 PART 1 Introduction: Management as defined by Mary Parker Follet is "The art of getting things done through people" (Torrington & Weightman, 1994, P: 17). Management is an ongoing activity to achieve important goals and to know how to perform major functions. A good management system is a challenge, it is the process of maintaining control over an organisation at the same time inspiring, leading, and making important decisions. In a management system it is the role of the manager to deal with the operation, structure and process of an organisation. The concept of management has been in existence from the time of...

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