Functions of Management
The purpose of this essay is to identify a function from the management process that is linked to issues found within the case study. In order to offer an opinion on this, this essay firstly seeks to discuss two functions of the management process that are relevant to the case study and briefly describe a related communication issue within each function. Then finally provide an explanation and supporting evidence as to which function is the most important.
According to the case study the business has been purchased by an already established organisation. Assuming that the planning function of the management process has already been implemented the next function to be implemented is the organising function.
Organising as a function is the arranging of people and other resources to work together to accomplish a goal (Campling et al., 2008, p. 269). In order to achieve the planned goals of a business, the organisation has to be structured correctly so employees have a clear understanding of their role in achieving them.
According to the case study performance based contracts have been implemented but staff continues to wait for customers to approach them, waste time chatting to each other and to customers and take extended tea breaks. The organisation structure that defines teams and individual’s job design, the process through which managers plan and specify job task and work arrangements that allow them to be accomplished (Schermerhorn, Osborn, Uhl-Bien & Hunt, 2012, p. 131) hasn’t been effectively communicated. Effective communication occurs when the senders intended message and the interpreted message received have the same meaning (Campling et al., 2008).
Assuming that controls to measure the organisations performance were created at the planning stage, then the leadership function, the instilling of enthusiasm by communicating with others, motivating them to work hard and maintaining good interpersonal relationships (Schermerhorn et al., 2012) will need to
According to the case study the business has been purchased by an already established organisation. Assuming that the planning function of the management process has already been implemented the next function to be implemented is the organising function.
Organising as a function is the arranging of people and other resources to work together to accomplish a goal (Campling et al., 2008, p. 269). In order to achieve the planned goals of a business, the organisation has to be structured correctly so employees have a clear understanding of their role in achieving them.
According to the case study performance based contracts have been implemented but staff continues to wait for customers to approach them, waste time chatting to each other and to customers and take extended tea breaks. The organisation structure that defines teams and individual’s job design, the process through which managers plan and specify job task and work arrangements that allow them to be accomplished (Schermerhorn, Osborn, Uhl-Bien & Hunt, 2012, p. 131) hasn’t been effectively communicated. Effective communication occurs when the senders intended message and the interpreted message received have the same meaning (Campling et al., 2008).
Assuming that controls to measure the organisations performance were created at the planning stage, then the leadership function, the instilling of enthusiasm by communicating with others, motivating them to work hard and maintaining good interpersonal relationships (Schermerhorn et al., 2012) will need to
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