Four Functions of Management
Management: Theory, Practice and Application
August 13, 2005
Abstract
Managers tend to one of two basic problem-solving styles: systematic or intuitive. Systematic thinkers are logical and rational. They prefer narrow and focused problems, step by step processes, rules to be followed, and computer programs that grind to a recommendation. Intuitive thinkers are more comfortable with solutions that just "came to" them. Compared with systematic thinkers, for the intuitive thinker, data are less important, complexity is less bothersome, changing external and internal environments are expected rather than assumed away, and being more or less right is more important than being precisely wrong. (Erven, n.d.)
Four Functions of Management
Rohan Wickremasinghe, a management consultant, defines management as an evolution brought about over many years with different contributions to......
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