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Re: U1DF: The Art of Getting Things Done

by Divine Falola - Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 2:40 AM
What this statement simply means is that the process of planning, organizing, leading, and
controlling an operation (P-O-L-C), and executing it through your subordinates is management.
In the book, we are being taught how management works, and also what “The art of getting
things done through other people” is. I will further explain what this statement means shortly but
first I would like to bring in a little instance in this case. Now me putting myself in the shoes of a
manager and explain this statement, I want to use a building project for example. When building
a house you need an Architect in drawing a plan, organizing a certain set of data, leading the
contractors as well as explaining these certain plans to the owner of the land, and lastly, guiding
the certain project (controlling) to make sure that it works with the plan that he had planned and
organized for the house. I want to deploy another instance in this case too, in an organization the
board members or executives can also be referred to as Managers because while the sit and
discuss on how they will run the company or how their next project is going to be like they are
“planning”, talking about breaking down the process and how it’s going to be executed they are
“organizing”, telling this idea to their Subordinate and telling them how the project is going to be
like and how they are going to execute them they are “leading”, and that act of supervising,
monitoring, guiding and following up the series of steps being taken by the subordinate is
“controlling. Now, these words being covered by a quotation mark simply shows the four key
tools in Management(P-O-L-C). So in this note, I will explain that statement. Management is
when an individual puts together a plan, organizing it in this case executing this plan by leading
and controlling the subordinates on how the plan should be executed without going through the
stress of executing it him/herself. That’s the meaning of the statement stated above.
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Re: U1DF: The Art of Getting Things Done
by Nathalie St Louis-Levy - Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 8:16 PM
This is a great break down of what Management means. Perfect example with the architecture
and Organization they both have Management roles to play out and lead the company.
Managerial positions are always played within a Business Wether big or small.
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