NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT: MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS: THE 5

MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
NCM 119A: NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
| MISUARI, BEDASUA, GUMERA, ROMANILLOS | CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR: QUEEN FACTOR VEDRA | SEM 1 | A.Y. 2023 – 2024 |
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Source: LEADERSHIP ROLES AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN NURSING: THEORY AND APPLICATION 9TH EDITION;
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How Do You Define a Management Process?

*5 MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
Management is a process of planning and controlling
Origin the activities of a business or other organization. One key
aspect of the management process is project
Henri Fayol (1925) first identified the management management, which involves the application of
functions of planning, organization, command, knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a specific
coordination, and control. Luther Gulick (1937) project in order to meet its requirements and objectives.
expanded on Fayol’s management functions in his The meaning of project in this context refers to a
introduction of the “seven activities of management”— temporary and unique endeavor that is undertaken to
planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, create a specific product, service, or result.
reporting, and budgeting—as denoted by the
mnemonic POSDCORB.

The Management Process 5 Elements of Management Process

The Management Process is a series of steps that are

used to perform business operations. The process of
management consists of planning, organizing, staffing,
directing, controlling.

Planning
Planning encompasses determining philosophy, goals,
objectives, policies, procedures, and rules; carrying out
long- and short-range projections; determining a fiscal
course of action; and managing planned change.
It also involves determining what needs to be done
when it should be done, who will do it and how much it
should cost. Planning also includes developing strategies
for achieving goals that meet the needs of stakeholders
(e.g., customers).
Organizing
Organizing includes establishing the structure to carry
out plans, determining the most appropriate type of
patient care delivery, and grouping activities to meet
unit goals. Other functions involve working within the
structure of the organization and understanding and
using power and authority appropriately.
For example, if one employee needs access to another
employee’s computer files while they are on vacation,
then both employees should be part of the same team
so they can share those files easily via email or cloud
storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive.
Staffing
Organizations have developed recruitment policies that
ensure that the right people are recruited at the right
places based on their qualifications, skills, etc. so that
productivity can be maximized along with customer
satisfaction levels being maintained at high levels
throughout business cycles.
Staffing functions consist of recruiting, interviewing, hiring,
and orienting staff. Scheduling, staff development,
employee socialization, and team building are also
often included as staffing functions.
Directing

Directing sometimes includes several staffing functions.

However, this phase’s functions usually entail human
resource management responsibilities, such as
motivating, managing conflict, delegating,
communicating, and facilitating collaboration.

Controlling

Controlling functions include performance appraisals,

fiscal accountability, quality control, legal and ethical
control, and professional and collegial control. It is a step
that deals with measuring performance against
corporate standards or targets set at earlier stages.