Introduction to Management
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
Q#1: Define management with reference to various experts. OR Q: Management is getting things done through people, in the light of this statement give a concise definition of the term management
According to George R. Terry,
"Management is a distinct process consisting of planning, organising, actuating and controlling, performed to determine and accomplish stated objectives by the use of human beings and other resources".
According to Henry Fayol:
"To manage is to forecast and to plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control".
According to Peter Drucker:
"Management is a multi-purpose organ that manages business and manages managers and manages workers and work".
According to Harold Koontz:
"Management is the art of getting things done through and with people in formally organized groups”.
According to Mary Parker Follett:
"Management is the art of getting things done through people".
According to wheeler:
"Management is centered on the administration or managers of the firm who integrate men, material, and money into an effective operating unit”
In the words of Oliver Sheldon:
“Management proper is the function in industry, concerned in the execution of policy within the limits set up by the administration and the employment of the organization for the particular objects set before.”
Q#2: Management functions are universally applied. Explain each function in detail. OR Q: Every manager big or small has to perform managerial functions. Discuss them. OR Q: What are the tools or functions of a manager? OR Q: Describe basic functions of manager.
Q#1: Define management with reference to various experts. OR Q: Management is getting things done through people, in the light of this statement give a concise definition of the term management
According to George R. Terry,
"Management is a distinct process consisting of planning, organising, actuating and controlling, performed to determine and accomplish stated objectives by the use of human beings and other resources".
According to Henry Fayol:
"To manage is to forecast and to plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate and to control".
According to Peter Drucker:
"Management is a multi-purpose organ that manages business and manages managers and manages workers and work".
According to Harold Koontz:
"Management is the art of getting things done through and with people in formally organized groups”.
According to Mary Parker Follett:
"Management is the art of getting things done through people".
According to wheeler:
"Management is centered on the administration or managers of the firm who integrate men, material, and money into an effective operating unit”
In the words of Oliver Sheldon:
“Management proper is the function in industry, concerned in the execution of policy within the limits set up by the administration and the employment of the organization for the particular objects set before.”
Q#2: Management functions are universally applied. Explain each function in detail. OR Q: Every manager big or small has to perform managerial functions. Discuss them. OR Q: What are the tools or functions of a manager? OR Q: Describe basic functions of manager.