Using the elements of the practice of management, describe the transition to management during your first year as a manager. Explain how this illustrates the emphasis on human skills as being more important than technical skills for success or failure while practicing management.

Strategic organizational controls provide managers with information that helps to determine ifstrategyand structure are working effectively and efficiently. Compare and contrast the five methods of modern control techniques available to organizations/managers to enable them build a competitive advantage. Clearly indicate whether it matters if a manager selects one method over the other in a given set of competitive environments.