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What qualifications must a person have in order to become a manager? Are people born to become managers? How different is management from leadership?

Management mirrors life, there are no clear-cut rules to follow, no manual or bible with all the answers. Management is a process and an understanding, based on years of theoretical de

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

velopments, learning and growth. Essentially, management is the “process of getting things done effectively and efficiently through and with other people”. There are two core principles to this management process, efficiency in minimising resource costs, and effectiveness in goal attainment. However, effective management does not c

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

me from these principles alone. Management theories differ and will ultimately shape the beliefs and attitudes of managers. Although this will influence the way in which managers control and operate their businesses, the extent will be context dependent and influenced by both internal factors e.g. size of business, type of manager,

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

reputation of business, and external factors e.g. diversity, competition, technology, ethics etc. The type of management classification is also a key point for effective management, as the composite view of the firm suggests that management behaviour is qualitatively different at the technical, organisational and institutional l

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

vels.

At the root of any management process is management theory, and it may be the choice of approach, which determine the “effective” from the ineffective managers. For effective management, it is essential that the level of managerial position i.e. line management or enabling management, is taken into consideration, alongside t

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

he nature of the business. Principles may not generalise across businesses - what is effective for one business may be ineffective to another. Managers may choose to take the mechanistic approach of Scientific Management with the view that there is “one best way” for a job to be done. This type of management may be effective in it

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

systematic and analytical nature of increasing efficiency and productivity; however, its “mechanical treatment of employees” is questionable. This is a main source of criticism by humanists such as “Hugo Musterberg who argued that, scientific managers were concerned with physical skills, but ignored mental skills”.

This concept

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

is at the core of The Human Relations Movement emphasising the need for interpersonal employee-manager relationships. Again this theory has positive implications for management such as empowerment, group-decision making, conflict resolutions, and further work by researchers such as “Elton Mayo” “Dale Carnegie”, “Abraham Maslow” an

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

“Douglas McGregor” has introduced physiological and motivational perspectives for management. However criticism is evident from the lack of scientific validity, and an over-emphasis on psychological processes and personal philosophies.

In hindsight, it may be most effective for managers to be open-minded to the concept that mana

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

gement processes may not be fixed in stone, and that it may be that a combination of numerous theories and principles, may prove most effective. It is obtaining a balance between science and behaviourism, in order to create a management process that is interrelated. Another possibility is that there is a conceptual framework for m

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

nagement within which, each approach has a place, and where it can be related in some meaningful way to others. This process can aid the effectiveness of management processes. Through entwining specific ideas from different models of management, managers will be more adept to embrace management processes with a broader knowledge, a

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

d with a more open perspective. Henri Fayrol, highlighted the importance of the management process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling to which a combination of these theories can be applied to prove most effective.

On a personal level, it is essential that managers possess the right qualities and attributes, to be

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

able to successfully implement such processes. Technical and Conceptual skills are simply not enough. Interpersonal skills are essential to work effectively with other people and teams within the organisation. The Hawthorne effect highlighted the concept of communication and employee-manager interaction, as major principles in em

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

loyee motivation, alongside the Human Relations Movement addressing employee needs.

Interpersonal skills for effective business management therefore involves the ability to motivate others, generate the appropriate working and psychological atmosphere, and for the manager personally, the political acumen that is needed to build a

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

power base, establish the right connections and the ability to enhance one’s own position. Perhaps one of the most effective abilities of any manager is the ability to “expect the unexpected”. Ultimately management control is restricted to the internal business environment, but managers also need to be aware of external influenc

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

s, which may impact on their management processes and decisions. Environmental factors, managing diversity, technological change, competition, ethics and globalisation will all influence business management, and an effective manager needs to be prepared for such implications. It is correct that “failing to plan is planning to fail

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

’ however, it may well be potentially as important to “plan for failure”. This point is highlighted by the homeostatic and viability theories view of the firm as a “probabilistic open system” “Neil W Chamberlain, A general Theory of Economic Process, stated that there are uncontrollable and unpredictable elements in the environmen

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

which have strong effects on the firm. It is therefore essential that managers follow the homeostatic theory with a conscious effort to cope with external forces of change, and to return to the desired equilibrium position. However, if this process fails, a possibility remains that managers may gain control through “adoption” by

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

the environment. This is an accidental selection by the environment to survive.

In whole, my belief is that there is no clear-cut response to the question of what makes a manger “effective”. Becoming an effective manager is clearly a process, rather than a gift or any qualification. It is a combination of education, training, lea

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ning and innovation. A theoretical background, enriched with something more, be it incite, ability to inspire, or simply self-belief.

Something from within, that sets apart the leaders from the followers, and achieves success.

This is not to say that any one approach is better than another, as management is not so black and white

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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