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Planning Organizing, Leading and Controlling
The whole point of having a well-organized business is to make the operation run
smoothly. When a business is well organized, everyone understands his or her duties and
responsibilities. The lines of communication move information to the decision-makers or
managers and allows for making better and timelier decisions.
Functions Of Management In today business world managers follow certain rules that help
them be better at their job and also contribute to the success of the business. The functions
of management are established to help managers see the business operations with more
clarity and understanding. This report will look at the four functions Planning, Organizing,
Directing and Controlling.
Now it is a common practice to define management in terms of above four words, which
are referred to as the four functions of management. Hence management is nothing but
Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling to make sure our objectives or tasks are
achieved Management, therefore help us immensely to achieve our objectives. Commonly
management is always referred to as a process meaning that is an ongoing continuous,
systematic way to doing things. To achieve our objectives the four functions of
management: Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling have to be carried out on an
ongoing systematic way for some period of time depending on the type of objective.
Planning
Planning implies that we must think through our goals and actions in advance and decide,
What to do? and How to do? Planning is based on a logical or systematic way rather than
hunch. Planning should produce a picture of our desirable future. We may havelong term
