Functions of Management

The four main functions of management are essential to building strong teams and even stronger companies or organizations. These four main functions are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. In this paper, I will take a look at each of these four functions and discuss the importance of each. Planning Planning is the ongoing process of developing the team or company's objective and determining how they will be accomplished. Some of the things that a manager …

…leads to identifying of new problems that need to be addressed with standards or measurements. I believe that controlling builds off of the other three functions. Without planning, organizing or leading, you couldn't have controlling because there would be nothing to control. Some effective control situations have control at all levels of management. Other situations include flexibility, cost effectiveness, timeliness, and accuracy. Controlling is important to ensure consistency and accountability for one's work or actions.