Running head: THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
The Four Functions of Management
The Four Functions of Management
The four functions of management are Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling (Bateman & Snell, 2007, p.16 chap 1). The four functions of management are to be looked upon as fundamentals. They should be followed rigorously and without haste. By following these four fundamentals of management, managers will operate more productively and with less waste of the companies resources.
The first fundamental of management is planning. Planning can be described as developing a roadmap for success. Before any kind of plan can be developed, first collect any and all data that may be relevant. Each month my manager and I assess what my performance to goal was. We look at what the determining factors were, and how they effected our performance. We then determine those challenges that may be faced again by analyzing the collected data. After reviewing the collected......
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