Functions of Management
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The document outlines the key functions of management, including planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Planning involves determining what to do, when to do it, and who will do it to bridge gaps between current and desired states. Organizing establishes the organizational structure with units, subunits, positions, and distribution of authority and responsibilities. Staffing covers recruitment, selection, training, development, and employee appointments. Directing guides, instructs, inspires, and motivates employees. Controlling monitors performance against goals. Coordination synchronizes all management functions and departmental activities to prevent overlap, duplication, delays, and chaos.
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Functions of Management
- 2. 1. PLANNING Thinking in advance what to do, when to do, and who is going to do it. It bridges the gap between where we are and where we want to reach.
- 3. 2. ORGANISING Organization means deciding the framework of working how many units and sub-units are needed, how many posts are needed, how to distribute the authority and responsibilities.
- 4. 3. STAFFING It refers to recruitment, selection, training, development and appointment of the employees.
- 5. 4. DIRECTING It refers to guiding, instructing, inspiring and motivating the employees.
- 6. 5. CONTROLLING Controlling are the main functions of management. Controlling is monitoring the organizational performance towards the attainment of the organizational goals.
- 7. COORDINATION Coordination is the force which synchronizes all the functions of management and activities of different departments. Lack of coordination results in overlapping, duplication, delays and chaos. It is concerned with all the three levels of management as if all the levels of management are looked at together, they become a group and as in the case of every group, they also require coordination among themselves. So, it is not a separate function of management, rather it is the essence of management.