There are many different techniques when it comes to management. Some managers want to be everyone's buddy, and others are viewed as jerks. Some let their employees make decisions for themselves, and then you have the ones who have to have their hands in everything. According to (Bateman-Snell, 2007)"Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals." Management plays a very important role in a company's day-to-day business, and is vital to the completion of projects at all levels. No matter how many different styles there are in management in order to be a good, productive manager they must follow the same four functions of management. These functions are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. This paper will go over these four functions and explain what each of them means.
Planning
"Planning is specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals."......
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