Four Functions of Management
The Four Functions of Management
The four functions of management are: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Each
organization must have and follow these four functions in order to become a successful
business. Not only does the organization as a whole have to follow these four functions but
the managers in the business must use them more than anyone else. If the management
does not follow the functions correctly, then the organization and people who work there
will be lost. All four are important in each way and must be carefully processed in order to
work correctly.
Planning and Organizing
“Planning is the core area of all the functions of management” (Foundation for All
Management Concepts, Sept. 12, 2007). Planning is the basis in which the other three
functions should be built. However, planning is easy to put off as well. Delaying the
planning stage can cause trouble for managers. Planning needs the management to show
where the company is at the point in time, and where it would like to be in the future. From
there a correct course of action to get the companys goals is determined. The planning
stage is a constant development. There are uncontrollable, outside factors that can
constantly change a company both positively and negatively. Getting organized is the next
function of management. Management must organize all its assets in order to realize the
course of action it determined in the planning stage. Through the development of getting
organized, management will decide the inside organizational arrangement, and also give
