Four Functions of Management
Today’s companies should challenge themselves to have all four functions of management in order to have successful endeavors. The four functions of management planning, organizing, leading, and controlling should be understood in order for a corporation to be successful meeting goals. Performing all four management functions such as planning: delivering strategic value, organizing: building a dynamic organization, leading: mobilizing people, and controlling: learning and changing should done through decision-making and communication.
Planning: Delivering Strategic Value
Planning is a set of goals put into place to be reached and decided in advance of the proper action taken to determine how goals will be accomplished. “Planning activities include analyzing current situations, anticipating the future, determining objectives, deciding in what types of activities the company will engage, choosing corporate and business strategies, and determining the resources needed to achieve the organization’s goals”(Bateman & Snell, 2007, p17). Delivering strategic value is a continual process of a corporation being knowledgeable about customers, suppliers, and others; which allows a corporation to identify opportunities creating a competitive advantage. Top-level managers of department stores have to determine what sells and what does not through marketing, and have to maintain goals of sales through style, type, and floor plan of product which is organized by middle-level managers.
Organizing: Building a Dynamic Organization
Organizing is resources needed to accomplish goals such as coordinating the employees, financial, physical, and information. “Organizing activities include attracting people to the organization, specifying jo ...