Southern Mindanao Colleges

Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational Management

Name: Cherry Vhim F. Lanurias Subject: ED 237 Prelim

Professor: Mrs. Christian Gem D. Soliva

Date: July 5, 2022_Summer Class

The Nature of Management

Management is a set of activities (including planning and decision

making, organizing, leading, and controlling) directed at an
organization's resources (human, financial, physical, and information)
with the aim of achieving organizational goals in an efficient and
effective manner.

Nature of Management Functions:

*Planning and decision making: determining courses of

action

Planning  means setting an organization's goals and deciding how best

to achieve them. Example: In one school event there should be
planning first before doing anything else to achieve the goal of the
event.

Decision making, a part of the planning process, involves selecting a

course of action from a set of alternatives. It is very important to make
decisions in doing something to reach the goal of an event planned by
the head.

*Organizing: Coordinating activities and resources

Organizing is grouping activities and resources in a logical

fashion. This one will help everyone to do task smoothly and well
organized activities especially in school activities.

*Leading: Managing people

Leading is the set of processes used to get people to work

together to advance the interests of the organization. For example in
school event the school head should be the one leading his/her
teachers and pupils and other stakeholders to have a well-organized
and perfect event.

*Controlling: Monitoring and evaluating activities

Controlling is monitoring the progress of the organization as it

works toward its goals to ensure that it is effectively and efficiently
achieving these goals.