Melissa LoPresto
September 21, 2019
Assignment 1-Week 5
Intro to Business
A manager is a person who controls activities, business dealings, and other aspects of a
career. The person is responsible for controlling or administering part of a company or
organization.
Four basic management functions are planning, organize, leading and controlling.
Planning choses appropriate organizational goals and courses of action to best achieve
those goals. Organziing establishes work tasks and authority relationships that allow
people to work together to achieve organizational goals. Leading motivates, coordinates