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Definition and Functions of Management
Definition and Functions of Management
MANAGEMENT
Discuss the meaning and
function of management
Learning
Objective Distinguish the different
process of management
s
Identify areas in your
daily living where
management is applied.
WEEK 1
NATURE AND
CONCEPT OF
MANAGEMEN
T
That’s not my Job
This is a story about four people named
Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There
was an important job to be done and Everybody was
sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have
done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about
that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought
Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that
Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody
blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody
could have done.
4
What is
Management?
MANAGEMENT
Definitions of Management
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Directing
5. Controlling
PLANNING
● Setting of the
organization’s goals,
● Establishing strategies
for accomplishing
those goals
● developing plans of
action or means that
managers intend to
use to achieve
organizational goals
ORGANIZING
● Assigning tasks
● The process of allocating
resources to achieve goals. ● Setting aside funds
● Determining what needs ● Bringing
to be done, how it will be
done, and who is to do it. harmonious
relations among
employees and
workgroup or team
STAFFING
● The filling of different
job positions in the
organization’s
structure.
● Includes recruiting and
selecting candidates
for position,
compensation, and
training.
DIRECTING
● Influencing or the
motivating of
subordinates to do
their best,
● Involves motivation,
leadership styles, and
approaches, and
communication.
CONTROLLING
● Evaluating and
correcting if necessary,
of the work
performance of
individuals or
workgroups/teams.
TYPES OF
MANAGEMENT
1. Autocratic
• one-way leadership - single authority wherein
team members are only there to follow orders
• rewards for a job well done = punishment for
failing
• beneficial in times of crisis that need immediate
attention
• it causes the staff to fear
• Employees are closely supervised and a poor
relationship would be evident among the team
2. Persuasive
• Manager has strong and centralized
controlling business decisions
• manager convenes with his colleagues
before he decides
• Employees are motivated not anymore
by rewards and punishment but by
persuasive techniques
3. Consultative
• leaders and workers have two-way
communication
• team members share their opinion in
solving issues
• practice is costly, slow in decision-
making, and delay of important
changes
4. Participative
• distribution of authority and
power
• company’s project is a shared
responsibility
• each member has self-direction