Management
Definition:
The process of designing and
maintaining an environment in which individuals, working together in groups,
efficiently accomplish selected aims.
Also :
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Managerial functions of planning, organizing,
staffing, leading and controlling
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Any kind of organization
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All organizational levels
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Productivity in terms of effectiveness and
efficiency
Organisation
It is defined as group of
people working to produce surplus.
Functions of Management:
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Planning
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Organising
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Staffing
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Leading
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Controlling
External elements that
affect operations of management
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Economic
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Technological
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Social
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Ecological
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Political
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Ethical
Various Definitions of
Management:
Management is a wide term. It is
described as an “activity”, a “process”, and a “group of people” vested with
the authority to make decisions.
According to Mary Parker Follett,
management is the “art of getting things done through people.”
According to George R.Terry,management
as a process”consist of planning, organising, actuating and controlling,
performed to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and
resources”.
According to Louis Allen,”Management
is what a manager does”.
According to Henry Fayol,”to manage is
to forecast and plan, to organise, to command, to coordinate, and to control”.
According to James D.Mooney and Allan
C.Reiley,”management is the art of directing and inspiring people”.
According to Harold Koontz,
“Management is an art of getting things done through and with the people in
formally organized groups. It is an art of creating an environment in which
people can perform and individuals and can co-operate towards attainment of
group goals”. Management is the process
of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people and other
organizational resources.
