Management has several different aspects to it however; one of the most important aspects of management is control. According to T.S. Bateman and S.A. Snell. (2004), the definition of management is "the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals". Looking into management in detail would bring out the four functions of management: leading organizing, planning, and controlling. These four functions are not as applicable to the upper management at as they are to the middle and first line management of the MIS Department for which I work for.
was a family owned business and was recently acquired by "The Dover Corporation." Before the purchase of our company, the executives and directors ran the show and ran it Dover's way. There has been no structure, no planning for the future, and no use of the four functions of management. The Dover Corporation, by buying us has forced management to re-think and re-structure the way things are done. The planning, organizing, leading and controlling of this company, at least for now is being overseen by The Dover Corp. in an effort to train all levels of management to help the company remain competitive in the mobile printing business.
Organizing is defined as "assembling and coordinating the human, financial, physical, informational, and other resources needed to achieve goals" by T.S. Bateman an S.A. Snell. (2004). At this aspect is incredibly important. Being in a specialized area as mobile printing, the managers are required to hire employees that either have some experience or can learn quickly. Managers also need to organize the departments so that the diversity will compliment the company and benefit the interests of the customers, and since the acquisition, stockholders. When hiring the ...