3. · According to Henri Fayol, "to
manage is to forecast and to
plan, to organise, to
command, to co-ordinate and
to control."
4. · Fredmund Malik defines it as "the
transformation of resources into
utility."
· Management included as one of
the factors of production - along
with machines, materials and
money
6. planning is the first functions of
management . Nothing can be performed
without planning .
2 types of planning
1. short, run planning
2. long run planning
Short run planning is for 1 to6 months.
Long run planning is for more than 1 year.
7. organising is the distribution of work in groupwise or
sectionwise for effective. Organisation provides all facilities
which are necesssary to perform the work the business
developed the organisation take a responsibility to create some
more departement …..
8. staffing function comprises the activities of
selection and placement of competent personnel.
In other words , staffing refers to placement of
right persons in the right jobs. staffing includes
selection of right persons , training to those needy
persons , promotion of best persons , retirement
of old persons , performance appraisal of all the
personnel, and adequate remuneration of
personnel . The success of any enterprise
depends upon the successful performance of
staffing function.
9. The actual performance of a work starts with the
function of direction. Planning , organising and
staffing function are concerned with the preliminary
work for the achievement of organizational
objectives. But the direction deals with making the
workers learn techniques to perform the job assigned
to them. Direction includes guidance supervision and
motivation of employees .
According to joseph massie “ directing concerns the
total manners in which a managers influences the
action of his sub ordinates. It is the final action of a
manager in getting other to act after all preparation
have been completed “
10. all the activities are divided group wise or
under organising function now such group
activities are co-ordinated toward
accomplishment of objectives of an
organisation the difficultie of co ordination is
increase with the incresing of the size of of
the organisation according to knootz and
odonnell “the last co-ordination occurs when
individuals see how their jobs contributes to
the dominat goals of the enterprice . This
implies knowledge and understanding of
enterprise objectives .”