BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 3C
(MANAGER DEVELOPMENT/BUM 321)
ASSIGNMENT 1
Question 1
a)
The roles of management are the four basic management functions (planning, organising, leading and controlling) and six additional management functions (decision making, communication, coordination, delegation and disciplining). The basic management functions are the most important steps in the management process and are performed consecutively during each activity during the simultaneous performance of different elements of the management function. The six additional management functions are usually performed in some or other combination with the four basic management functions.
Planning
The first phase of planning involves a conscious deliberation and visualisation of what the business and its departments should achieve within a particular time in order to be successful despite the uncertainty of the future.
It comprises environmental scanning of the future circumstances and the......
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