The Four Functions of Management and How it Relates to My Organization
In today corporate world a manager to be affective must be able to incorporate the four
functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) into his or her
management techniques. Managers who fail to implement the four functions have a greater
chance of being unsuccessful in accomplishing the primary outcome for the project or task.
Thus, generating an inferior product.
DEFINING THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
“Planning: is specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate
actions needed to achieve those goals”“ (Bateman & Snell, 2004, p. 16).
“Organizing: is assembling and coordinating the human, financial, physical, informational,
and other resources needed to achieve goals”“ (Bateman & Snell, 2004, p. 17).
“Leading: is stimulating people to be high performers. It is directing, motivating, and
communicating with employees, individually and in groups. Leading involves close
day-to-day contact with people, helping to guide and inspire them toward achieving team
and organizational goals”“ (Bateman & Snell, 2004, p. 17).
“Controlling: monitors progress and implements necessary changes where needed.
Monitoring is an essential aspect of control”“ (Bateman & Snell, 2004, p. 18).
As you can see after defining the four functions of management that they prove to be a
vital component for a manager and for the success of his or her team or organization in
achieving the goals set forth in a particular project. In my company (NUS Consulting
Group), I am an Energy Consultant and each function is important for us as well. Each day
in my organization, we generate recommendations in the form of a report detailing how
