Running head: THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
The Functions of Management
Successful management is accomplished through four functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. According to Bateman-Snell, planning is the management function of systematically making decisions about the goals and activities that an individual, a group, a work unit, or the overall organization will pursue in the future. Organizing is the management function of assembling and coordinating human, financial, physical, informational, and other resources needed to achieve goals. Leading is the management function that involves the manager's efforts to stimulate high performance by employees. Controlling is the management function of monitoring progress and making needed changes. In a Business Management setting the four functions of management are applied and utilized in order to achieve high levels of success.
The first function is planning. In this function, you are......
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