Defining the Four Functions of Management.

The four functions of management are planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Management in a company or even in your home life is to be able to reach the goals set in an organized way by being as efficient and effective as possible. Management is creative problem solving. Planning is the management function of systematically making decisions about the goals and activities that an individual, a group, a work unit, or the overall organization will pursue …

…many things kept changing. The supervisors held weekly then monthly meetings to tell us about the new and follow up on the old. The change was to improve the processes making us more efficient with every change. Doing what was best for the company was the motto. References: Bateman, T & Snell, S (2004). Management: The New Competitive Landscape. McGraw- Hill Rowland, R. (2001, June 4). Why do some planning sessions fail? No plan. Credit Union Journal, 5(23), 4.