Four basic functions of management
Planning: Manager shall hammer out the forecast development plan for organization. In
order to ensure growing of organization, the said plan shall be designed to suit
organization short term and long term interest.
Organizing: As the plan has been document down, the manager shall distribute the task and
resources to the right personnel and at the right time. In addition, manager shall monitor
the progressive of each functional group on the delegated task.
Leading: The ideal manager shall be able to hook up all future teams to work towards to
the same goal, also be able to monitor and guide all functional team in execution on the
work.
Controlling: Manager shall give track all functional teams, to ensure the tasks have been
executed with accordance to the organizational goals.
To be achieving effectiveness and efficiency, managers should apply four basic managerial
functions into management in human resources, financial resources, physical resources and
information technology. For organizational planning, top managers should have conceptual
skills and diagnostic skills to think the organization as a whole.
With the conceptual skills, managers would come out strategies and *ƒ*…½*ƒ‚°big
picture*ƒ*…½*ƒ‚± for organization more creatively. For instance, Micheal Dell, founder
of Dell computer, came out an innovative idea to sell computer online and make it a
personalized computer based oncustomer*ƒ*…½*ƒ”€¡s own specifications. Michael
Dell*ƒ*…½*ƒ”€¡s foresight has made Dell Computer become the largest online
commercial computer seller in the world.
Diagnostic skills will help managers consider *ƒ*…½*ƒ‚°cause-and-effect*ƒ*…½*ƒ‚±
relationship and to figure out the optimal solution to problem-solving. For example, Carlos
