1. NAME – YASH VARDHAN
COURSE – B.M.S(HONS.)
SUBJECT – PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
SESSION – 2013-2014

2. TOPIC
Functions of
management

3. WHAT IS MANAGEMENT
Management means – It is a creation
of an internal environment where
individuals are working in a group can
perform effectively and efficiently for
the achievement of their
organisational goal.
BY – KNOOTZ AND O DNELL

4. FEATURES OF MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Management process is characterised by following
features are :-
 Social process
 Continious process
 Universal
 Interrelated

5. Social process – The entire management process is
regarded as a social process because success of all
Organisational depends upon the co-operation of the
Workers.
Continious process – Management functions are
continious or never ending in nature because if one
function is completed then automatically next will be
started.
Universal – Management functions are universal in
nature because these functions are required in every
Organisation, without management functions no
organisation can survive.

6. Interrelated – Management functions are
interrelated because the performance of
the next function start only when the
previous function was finished.

7. FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT

8. PLANNING
Planning means “
Thinking in
advance what is to
be done, when is
to be done, how is
to be done and by
whom is to be
done.

9. PLANNING PROCESS
Setting up of objectives Developing premises
Listing various alternatives
for achieving objectives
Evaluation of
alternatives
Select an
alternative
Implement the
plan
Follow up

10. ORGANISING
Organising means –
identifying and grouping
different activities in the
organisation and bringing
together the
physical, financial, and
human resource to
establish most productive
relations for the
achievement of specific
goal of organisation.

11. ORGANISING PROCESS
Identification and division
Of work
Grouping the jobs and
departmentalisation
Assignment of
duties
Establishing reporting
relationship

12. STAFFING
Staffing means -
Finding the right
person for the right
job having the right
qualification, doing
the right job at the
right time

13. STAFFING PROCESS
Estimating the man power
requirement
Recruitment
Selection
Placement and orientation
Trainning and development

14. DIRECTING
Directing means -
Instructing, guiding, ins
piring and motivating
the employees in the
organisation so that
efforts results in
achievement of
organisational goal.

15. ELEMENTS OF DIRECTING
DIRECTING
Communication

16. CONTROLLING
Controlling means – Compare
of actual performance with the
planned performance. If there
is any deviation then finding
the reasons for such deviation
and taking corrective measures
so that in future there will be a
match between actual and
planned performance.

17. CONTROLLING PROCESS
Establishing
standards
Measuring of
performance
Comparing actual
performance with
standards
Analysing the
deviation
Taking
corrective
measures

18. Relative Amount of Time That Managers
Spend on the Four Managerial Functions

19. CONCLUSION
To Sum Up, Management functions are not only
helpful in achieving in any organisation’s goals but
also they help in getting disired results in each and
every sphere of life. If these management functions
are added with anicient Indian Moral & Ethical
Values then it becomes Jewel-in-the-Crown.
Thanks

20. BIBLOGRAPHY
Business studies book
Google images