Functions of management
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The document outlines the key functions of management which include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, and controlling. It provides details on the processes involved in each function such as gathering information and setting objectives for planning, identifying work and assigning responsibilities for organizing, and assessing requirements and providing training for staffing. Leadership, communication, motivation, and supervision are activities involved in directing. Coordination helps achieve goals through teamwork while controlling ensures performance meets plans through evaluation and corrective actions.
Functions of management
- 1. FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT Krupa Susan Babu Dhanya Vidyadhar Steffy Paul Nelson K Sunny Mahin Jayakrishnan B
- 2. PLANNING ORGANISING STAFFING DIRECTING (a) Leadership (b)Communication (c) Motivation (d) Supervision Co-ordinating Controlling
- 3. PLANNING Planning is a basic managerial function,. Planning helps in defining the course of action to be followed for achieving various organizational objectives. It is a decision in advance, what to do, when to do, how to do and who will do a particular task
- 4. The process of planning involves Gathering Information Laying down objectives Developing Planning premises Examining alternative courses of action Evaluation of action patterns Reviewing limitations Implementation of planning
- 5. ORGANISING Every business enterprises needs the services of a number of persons to look after its different aspects. The function of organizing is to arrange, guide coordinating, direct and control the activities of other factors of production, Viz, men, material, money and machines so as to accomplish the objectives of the enterprise,.
- 6. PROCESS OF ORGANISATION INVOLVES To identifying the work to be performed To classify or group the work To assign these groups of activities or work to individuals To delegate authority and fix responsibility To Co-ordinate these authority-responsibility relationships of various activities.
- 7. STAFFING The function involves manning the positions created by organization process. It is concerned with human resources of an organization. In the words of Koontz and O Donnel, Staffing is filling, keeping filled positions in the organization structure through defining work-force requirements, appraising, selecting compensating training
- 8. STAFFING CONSISTING OF: Manpower planning i.e.., assessing manpower requirements in terms of quantity and quality Recruitment, selection and training Placement of man power Development, promotion, transfer and appraisal Determination of employee remuneration.
- 9. DIRECTING Directing is concerned with carrying out the desired plans. It initiates organized and planned action and ensures effective performance by subordinates towards the accomplishment of group activities. Direction is called management in action
- 10. MAIN ACTIVITES INVOLVED IN DIRECTING: Leadership Communication Motivation and Supervision
- 11. LEADERSHIP A manager has to issue orders and instructions and guide and counsel his subordinated in their work. Leadership is the ability to build up confidence and zeal among people and to create an urge in them, to be led. To be successful leader, a manager must possess the qualities of foresight, drive initiative, self confidence and personal integrity.
- 12. COMMUNICATION Communicating means sharing of ideas in common. The essence of communicating is getting the receiver and the sender turned together for a particular message. It refers to the exchange of ideas feelings, emotions and knowledge and information between two or more persons. Nothing happens in management till communication takes place.
- 13. MOTIVATION Motivation is the psychological process of creating urge on the subordinates to do certain things or behave in the desire manner It is a very important function of management. The importance of motivation can be realized from the fact that performance of a worker depends upon his ability and the motivation .
- 14. SUPERVISION After issuing instructions, the manager or the supervisor of management has to see that all given instructions are carried out . Supervision refers to the job of overseeing subordinates at work to ensure maximum utilization of resources. To correct the subordinates whenever they go wrong.
- 15. CO-ORDINATION Coordination is one of the most important functions of management. It is essential to channelize the activities of various individuals in the organization for the achievement of common goals.
- 16. Coordination creates a team spirit and helps in achieving goals through collective efforts. It is the orderly arrangement of group effort to provide unity of action in the pursuit of common objectives.
- 17. CONTROLLING Controlling can be defined as “determining what is being accomplished that is evaluating the performance, if necessary, applying corrective measures so that the performances take place according to plans. Control is essential for achieving objectives of an enterprise. Control is the process which enables management to get its policies implemented and take corrective actions if performance is not according to the pre-determined standards.