47. THE ROLE OF MANAGERS PLAN – decide on the direction they wish to go and what is required ORGANISE - Give the workers the resources they need to do it COMMUNICATE - Make sure that everyone that needs to know about the decision is told CO-ORDINATE - Make sure that everyone knows and understands what they have to do CONTROL AND MONITOR - Make sure they do it, and that they do it properly Henry Fayol spent time researching what managers do: