2. MANAGEMENT IS DESCRIBED AS
THE PROCESS OF PLANNING,
ORGANISING, DIRECTING AND
CONTROLLING THE EFFORTS OF
ORGANISATIONAL MEMBERS
AND OF USING
ORGANISATIONAL RESOURCES
TO ACHIVE SPECIFIC GOALS.
4. FUNCTION OF DETERMINING IN
ADVANCE WHAT IS TO BE DONE AND
WHAT IS TO DO IT. IT MEANS
SETTING GOALS IN ADVANCE AND
DEVELOPING A WAY OF ACHIVING
THEM EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
5. •PLANNING FOCUSES ON ACHIVING
OBJECTIVES.
•IT IS A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF
MANAGEMENT.
•PLANNING IS PERVASIVE, CONTINUOUS,
FUTURISTIC AND INVOLVES DECISION
MAKING
•IT IS A MENTAL EXERCISE.
6. IT IS THE MANAGEMENT
FUNCTION OF ASSIGNINH DUTIES,
GROUPING TASKS, ESTABLISHING
AUTHORITY AND ALLOCATION
RESOURCES REQUIRED TO CARRY
OUT A SPECIFIC PLAN.
7. ORGANISING IS THE PROCESS OF
DEFINING AND GROUPING ACTIVITIES
AMONG THEM. IT HAS FOUR STEPS …..
•IDENTIFICATION AND DIVISION OF
WORK
•DEPARTMENTALISATION
•ASSIGNMENT OF DUTIES
•ESTABLISHING REPORTING
RELATIONSHIP
8. STAFFING MEANS FINDING THE RIGHT
PEOPLE FOR THE RIGHT JOB. A VERY
IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MANAGEMENT IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE
WITH THE RIGHT QUALIFICATION ARE
AVAILABLE AT THE RIGHT PLACES AND
TIMES TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF
THE ORGANISATION.
9. THE STAFFING PROCESS OF MANAGEMENT
FULFILS THIS REQUIREMENT AND FINDS THE
RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE RIGHT JOB. THE
STAFFING PROCESS HAS ASSUMED GREATER
IMPORTANCE THESE DAYS BECAUSE OF RAPID
ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, INCREASING
SIZE OF ORGANISATION AND COMPLICATED
BEHAVIOUR OF HUMAN BEINGS.THIS IS ALSO
KNOWN AS HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTION.
10. DIRECTING INVOLVES LEADING,
INFLUENCING AND MOTIVATING
EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM THE TASKS
ASSIGNED TO THEM. THIS REQUIRES
ESTABLISHING AN ATMOSPHERE THAT
ENCOURAGES EMPLOYEES TO DO THEIR
BEST.
11. MOTIVATION AND LEADERSHIP ARE TWO
KEY COMPONENTS OF DIRECTION.
DIRECTING ALSO INVOLVES
COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY AS WELL
AS SUPERVISING EMPLOYEES AT WORK.
12. CONTROLLING IS THE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION
OF MONITORING ORGANISATIONAL
PERFORMANCE TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF
ORGANISATIONAL GOALS. THE TASK OF
CONTROLLING INVOLVES ESTABLISHING
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE, MEASURING
CURRENT PERFORMANCE, COMPARING THIS
WITH ESTABLISHED STANDARDS AND TAKING
CORRECTIVE ACTION WHERE ANY DEVIATION IS
FOUND.
