Management Functions

"Management Functions is manager's work activities of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling." (Robbins, 2001,p10) Managers create and keep up an internal environment, commonly called the organization. A manager's job consists of planning, organizing, leading, controlling the resources of the organization. These resources include people, jobs or positions, technology and equipment, materials and supplies, information, and money. In this presentation, talking about one part of management functions : planning. Definition of Planning: "Planning includes defining goals, establishing …

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