The Four Functions of Management By Gary Murphy MGT/330 University of Phoenix November 21, 2008 Whether a company is a start-up or a hundred year old conglomerate, from top-level to front-line operation managers all use these functions, and to lose focus on any one of these practices will affect the organization as a whole. First they must make the strategies and business plans the organization will adopt. The team will then evaluate the market for the products or services the company wants to pursue. The organizational map will be laid out by the Top-Level Management team. They are the strategic level of the company. This team looks for internal and external issues, like workforce and government regulations. The top-level management team steers the course of the organization. Top-level managers must also be good organizers and tactical thinkers, with the ability to implement those skills when getting the team instituted. They must then lead that team to get the tasks and objectives of the company achieved effectively and efficiently, they must become tactical in their decisions. The team must then be able to justly evaluate the organizations practices for faults and inefficiencies; then implement the necessary changes to control quality and output. “Organizing is assembling and coordinating the human, financial, physical, informational, and other resources needed to achieve goals. Organizing activities include attracting people to the organization, specifying job responsibilities, grouping jobs into work units, marshaling and allocating resources, and creating conditions so that people and things work together to achieve maximum success.” (Batman & Snell p20) Top-level management organizes the given resources in ...