Management Principles and Practice
Table of Contents
* The meaning of Management * Management Functions and Process * Management Approaches * Motivation Theory
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The Meaning of Management
Management may be defined in many different ways:
“Management is the development of people and not the direction of things” - Lawrence A Appley
“Management is defined as the process by which a co- operative group directs action towards common goals” - Joseph Massie
“Management is a distinct process consisting of planning, organizing, actuating and controlling performed to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources” - George R Terry
“Management is principally the task of planning, co- coordinating, motivating and controlling the efforts of others towards a specific objective” - James L Lundy
“To manage is to forecast and to plan, to organize, to command, to co-ordinate and to control” - Henry Fayol
“Management is a multi-purpose organ that manages a business and manages managers and manages worker and work” - Peter F Drucker
“Management is the force which leads, guides and directs an organization in the accomplishment of a pre-determined object” - J.N. Schulze
“Management is defined as the creation and maintenance of an internal environment in an enterprise where individuals working together in groups can perform efficiently and effectively towards the attainment of group goals” - Koontz and O'Donnel
“Management is the process and agency which directs and guides the operations of an organization in realizing of established aims” - Ordway Tead
“Management is simply the process of decision-making and control over the actions of human beings for the express purpose of attaining pre- determined goals” - Stanley Vance
“Business management is a human activity which directs and controls the organization and operation of a business enterprise. Management is centered in the administrators of managers of the firm who integrate men, material and money
* The meaning of Management * Management Functions and Process * Management Approaches * Motivation Theory
*
The Meaning of Management
Management may be defined in many different ways:
“Management is the development of people and not the direction of things” - Lawrence A Appley
“Management is defined as the process by which a co- operative group directs action towards common goals” - Joseph Massie
“Management is a distinct process consisting of planning, organizing, actuating and controlling performed to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources” - George R Terry
“Management is principally the task of planning, co- coordinating, motivating and controlling the efforts of others towards a specific objective” - James L Lundy
“To manage is to forecast and to plan, to organize, to command, to co-ordinate and to control” - Henry Fayol
“Management is a multi-purpose organ that manages a business and manages managers and manages worker and work” - Peter F Drucker
“Management is the force which leads, guides and directs an organization in the accomplishment of a pre-determined object” - J.N. Schulze
“Management is defined as the creation and maintenance of an internal environment in an enterprise where individuals working together in groups can perform efficiently and effectively towards the attainment of group goals” - Koontz and O'Donnel
“Management is the process and agency which directs and guides the operations of an organization in realizing of established aims” - Ordway Tead
“Management is simply the process of decision-making and control over the actions of human beings for the express purpose of attaining pre- determined goals” - Stanley Vance
“Business management is a human activity which directs and controls the organization and operation of a business enterprise. Management is centered in the administrators of managers of the firm who integrate men, material and money