CALEDONIAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

It is a private sector higher education establishment with offers private higher

education to the students. Caledonian college of engineering was founded in 1996. It

has one main building in Al-Hail in the government of Muscat and it is affiliated with

Glasgow Caledonian University Scotland, UK.

Caledonian College of Engineering is a private higher education establishment, which

offers higher education opportunities to the students and strengthens the work force of

the labor market with capable engineers who are skilled and trained in their filed.

Caledonian College of Engineering is a partnership company with a board of directors

consisting of the co-founders of the college.

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Section A

A partnership company is an easy to establish company, which involves individuals

coming together to form a business together, or two companies coming together by

merging and forming a partnership. A partnership also known as a firm can consist of

different individuals with different backgrounds and expertise to form the firm.

An essential legal point that highlights a partnership is that each partner is responsible

and liable for the whole debt of the company, this is called unlimited liability.

Most partnerships will be regulated by the partnership Act 1890 and operate to the

terms of a partnership agreement. This agreement is made by a lawyer with points of

agreement which are called articles of partnership. The partnership agreement will

normally consist of a number of issues like, the amount of capital contributed,

partners voting rights, the shares of profit, the procedure in case of partnership

disputes and procedures for adding new partners and retiring of old partners.

Advantages of Partnership Company

A partnership company is a business that has many advantages that encourage people

to establish it. The first of all is a potential to raise more capital and more funds.

Also there is more chance for expertise and special station. For example one partner

may be a technical expert, another a good salesman, another a financial. Also there is

cover for holidays and sickens and the partnership business does not have to make its

account available to the public unlike the limited company.

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Limitations of Partnership Company

A limitation to partnership company business; it doesn’t have a legal identity separate

from its owners. The owners are personality liable of the business debts. Since it’s an

unlimited liability each partner is responsible in case of loss and this could cause

personal bankruptcy if the business fails. The business could easily breakup in case

of disputes among partners. Each partner is liable for deals made by other partner.

Business

Caledonian College of Engineering has one prime activity and that is providing

quality level of Higher Education to its students.

This type of departmentalization is called functional departmentalization. There are

three levels of departmentalization seen in this chart. The departmentalization in

Caledonian College of Engineering would come under the Hierarchy type of

organization.

Board of Directors: The founding partners of the college who take care of Higher-

level managerial decisions.

Principle & Dean: Is in charge of decisions regarding college business and academic

issues.

Personal Manager: In charge of Public Relations issues and hiring of new staff.

Chief Administrator & Registrar: Deals with Academic and Admissions

Decisions.

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Academic Dept: In charge of all the different academic departments like

Admissions, Computer & Electronic Dept., Civil Dept., Mechanical Dept. and PDP

Dept.

Finance Dept: Deals with financial issues.

Student Services: In charge of issues related to students and college activities.

MBO systems vary greatly. Some are used for the organization as a whole others are

prepared for sub-units of an organization. Methods and approaches used by managers

differ greatly. In the UK, MBO is used mainly for corporate strategy and planning,

while in USA the emphasis appears to be more on human needs and motivation and

increasing subordinates participating in setting objectives.

Effective planning using the approach of MBO depends upon every manager. Having

clearly defined objectives for his function in the company. These objectives must also

be part of the contribution to other objectives of the company. If objectives are set

which do not require any assistance from managers, there is much less chance of them

being effected.

Managers at every level should participate in devising objectives for the next higher

level of management. The important thing is to ensure that the individuals objectives

are related to the common goal.

MBO is not yet practiced on a very wide scale, although it has been widely talked and

written about. Larger companies, as may be expected, use it to a greater extent than

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small companies. A main feature of the idea is the recognition of the importance of

company strategy, especially the function of marketing. Key results for individual

managers must reflect the overall strategy, which is reflected in the marketing

programme.

Advantages of MBO:

- It is essential to stress the need to clarify objectives and suggestions for

improvement are obtained from all management levels.

- All managers have a clear idea of the important areas of their work area.

- The performance of staff can be assumed and needs for improvement

highlighted.

- Greater participation may improve morale and communication.

- Managers have to plan to achieve results.

- It makes individuals more aware of organizational goals.

Disadvantages of MBO

- It takes a few years to be effective.

- Too much paperwork and difficulty in measuring key operations.

- Appraisals are sometimes made on personality traits rather than on

performance.

- Some companies have geared their salary administration to appraisal by

results.

- Some employees do not want to be held responsible and goals forced upon

them may lead to ill feeling.

- Review and counseling of managers may be ineffective.

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Section C

Managers job is a very complicated job. It’s not easy for them to delegate tasks to the

rest of the employees in the company as they keep most of the important information

to themselves. The manager takes on a wider range of roles and responsibilities in the

organization which make the managers accountable for the work of others as well as

their own. A manager assumes responsibilities to see that work runs effectively. A

manager must balance competing goals and needs of departments and individuals to

establish priorities that make the manager work with and through the people. A

manager should be a mediator of disputes, a politician to promote company goals and

a diplomat representing the company in meetings.

A successful manager should have skills that are basic management skills for effective

management. Examples of these skills are:

Human Skills which is the ability to work with people and be able to understand

them and motivate them as individuals or groups.

Conceptual Skills are the mental abilities to co-ordinate and integrate all

organization’s activities and the ability to make long-term decisions affecting the

firm. Conceptual skills are needed to see are needed at lower level where more

manager – subordinate interactions occur. Whereas conceptual skills are needed at all

levels of management. The more the manager is efficient with these skills the better

for the company and its progress.

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Conclusion

Business administration is the integration of skills that any manager should have in

order for the organization to prosper. Companies that operate under the partnership

company for example should make sure of leadership qualities for the manager since

it’s a limited liability. MBO concept has a number of advantages as a modern

management technique to achieve objectives.