Basic Management

Basic Management
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Basic Management
Management is a process that entails taking responsibility for the regulation of the activities of an organization to attain set objectives. There are five primary functions of a manager; coordinating, planning, organizing, controlling and directing.
Planning is the formulation of the resources and actions required to accomplish an ambition. Here the manager describes the future of a firm and how to get there. A leader should be able to come up with a plan that is realistic and flexible to have every worker on board.
By organizing the manager can assemble the required resources and allocate them where necessary. To ensure the enterprise is moving towards its goals resources ought to be used sparingly and responsibility assigned effectively (Leonard, 2018).
For proper coordination, management should identify crucial staff positions and see that competent personnel are in charge. Although it is always not easy for different departments in an organization to cooperate, a manager has to come up with a way of making it possible.
Managers are supposed to tell the staff what is expected of them and by when. To an effective leader, the directing function is not only about giving orders but also to motivate the workers into being more committed. The subordinates are motivated through supervision and guided leadership communication.
Controlling systems are the means used by managers to do a follow-up and ensure there is no deviation from the initial stipulated plan.

It can be done by setting a standard for work performance and then compare it with the daily performance recorded.
Most people believe the misconception that management is all about leading and controlling since it is what managers seems to be doing most of the time (Hartzell, 2013). But it is more than this if at all an organization wants to be prosperous.
References
Hartzell, S. (2013, December 31). Four Functions of Management: Planning, Organizing, Leading & Controlling – Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com [Video file]. Retrieved from http://study.com/academy/lesson/four-functions-of-management-planning-organizing-leading-controlling.html
Leonard, K. (2018, June 30). Five Functions of Management & Leading. Retrieved from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/five-functions-management-leading-56418.html