Functions of management Principles of management

1. FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT
Slides by: Laxman Basnet
Presenter: Khomraj Singh Uranw

2. INTRODUCTION
 Henri Fayol, a French businessman proposed the
basic five functions:
 Planning
 Organizing
 Commanding
 Coordinating
 Controlling
 Today above five are condensed to four:
1)planning, 2)0rganizing, 3)leading, 4) controlling
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3. (1) PLANNING
 Purpose and means for achievement are
predefined
 Set goals
 Establish strategies
 Develop plans to integrate and coordinate activities
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4. (2) ORGANIZING
 Arrange and structure work to accomplish the goals
 Determination of tasks to be done
 Divide the tasks
 How tasks are grouped
 Methodology of reporting
 Decision making
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5. (3) LEADING
 Lead people in organization
 Work with members to accomplish goals
 Motivate
 Selection of effective communication channel
 Deal with employee behavior issues
 Cope with team members
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6. (4) CONTROLLING
 Process of monitoring, comparing and correcting
 To ensure goals are being met, work is being done
as planned
 Monitor and evaluate performances
 Comparison of actual performance and set goals
 If goals not achieved as planned, work back on
track.
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Functions of management
Picture:Management,11th edition by Robbins and Coulter, page9

8. REFERENCES:
 Management, 11th edition by Stephen P. ROBBINS
and Mary COULTER (pdf version)
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9. ANY DOUBTS?
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10. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING KEEN
INTEREST!
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