The document outlines the four main functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. It discusses that Henri Fayol originally proposed five functions that are now condensed into these four. For each function, it provides details on the key activities including setting goals and strategies for planning, structuring work and determining tasks for organizing, motivating employees and dealing with behavior for leading, and monitoring performance and correcting deviations for controlling.

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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