ABSTRACT

This chapter is intended to help you:

Learn what management is;

Learn what management is not;

Observe how advertising agencies and companies and their management are commonly organized;

Understand who actually owns advertising and the media and who has interests in the media;

Learn where the media businesses get the funds and other resources to operate;

Learn about what managers do and how they function;

Comprehend the concepts of profits and how businesses generate and categorize profits and returns on investments.