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Planning- it is the primary functions of management that involves the setting of organizational goals, establishing useful
strategies, identifying the tasks to be performed and when it should be done in order to achieve both the
short-term and long-term goals of the company.
Organizing- it is the act of transforming all the plans into realization and it involves the assigning and coordination of
specific task and resources to the various groups that will enables them to contribute for the immediate
attainment of the company objectives.
Staffing- involves the manning of various job position in the organization structure through the process of proper and fair
recruitment, selection, appraisal and development of the personnel that will support the organization’s success
in achieving their goals.
Leading or Directing- deals with providing clear instructions and guiding the employees regarding the tasks that they are
required to do and encourage a positive attitude towards work that will motivates them to perform well
towards the realization of the company’s aims.
Controlling- is the task wherein setting of standards of performance are made and comparing it with the actual
performance of the individual or groups, to ensure that the jobs are done in accordance to the plans and if not,
necessary corrections must have to be made.
EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT THEORY-make use of the step by step, scientific methods for finding the single best way for
doing a job. Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915) is know as the Father of Scientific Management. While working as a
mechanical engineer in a steel company in Pennsylvania in the United States of America (USA) he could not hep but notice
the worker's mistakes and inefficiencies in doing their routine jobs.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY- concentrates on the manager's functions and what makes up good management
practice implementation. Henri Fayol (1841-1925) and Max Weber (1864-1920) are the personalities most commonly
associated with it. Fayol's 19th century writings were concerned with managerial activities which he based on his actual
experience as a managing director in a big coal mining company. He believed that management is an activity that all
organizations must practice and viewed it as separate from all other orgaanizational activties such as marketing, finance,
research and development, and others.
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM)-is a management philosophy that focuses on the satisfaction of customers, their
needs, and expectations. Quality experts W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993) and Joseph M. Juron (1904-2008) introduced
this customer-oriented idea in the 1950's however, the concept had few supporters. The American did not immediately
take to the idea since the US was enjoying supremacy in the global market at the time. Japanese manufacturers, on the
other hand, took notice of it and enthusiastically experimented on its application.
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (OB) APPROACH-involves the study of the conduct, demeanor, or action of people at work.
Research on behavior helps managers carry out their functions - leading, team building, resolving conflict, and others.
Robert Owen, Mary Parker Follet, Hugo Munsterberg, and Chester Barnard were the early supporters of the OB approach.
Activty 2. Fill in the Box. Identify the correct term for each given statement. Fill each box with the correct
letter to find the correct answer.
1. Putting the right people on the right job. 7. The process of assigning tasks and resources to various
individuals
2. Monitoring and Evaluating individual performance
8. Management follows a detailed rules and regulations
3. Establishing effective strategies to realize the goals
9. It emphasize on meeting the customer satisfactions
4. Guiding the employees with the activities that they
must need to perform 10. The act of supervising the performance of all the
resources of the organization through effective
5. Focus on the study and understanding of the execution of the different functions to attain specific
employees conduct within the organization goals.
Activity 3. Put a (✓) on the appropriate function that best describes each given task.
Planning Organizing Staffing Leading Controlling
Folding and arranging of clothes in the closet
Preparing meals for the family
Assigning of household chores to your siblings
Correcting someone who did something wrong
Giving of instructions to the house helper on how
to iron the clothes
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