All organizations - business, political, cultural or social are involved in management because it is the management which helps and directs the various efforts towards a definite purpose. Lets discuss about various definitions of management and its use in an organisation.
Articles on Management Basics
As a process, management refers to a series of inter-related functions. Management as a process consists of three parts - social process, integrating process and continuous process.
Management as an activity includes - informational activities, decisional activities and inter-personal activities. Lets discuss all these 3 activities in detail.
Management as a discipline refers to that branch of knowledge which is connected to study of principles and practices of basic administration.
Management as a Group
Management as a Science
Management as an Art
Management as a Profession
Features of Management
Levels of Management is a line of demarcation between various managerial positions. There are 3 levels of management. The levels of management determines the amount of authority and status enjoyed by any managerial position.
Objectives of Management
Importance of Management
Management and Administration
Different experts have classified functions of management in different manner. The article discusses in detail about the 5 basic functions of management, which are - planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling.
Co-ordination is the unification, integration, synchronization of the efforts of group members so as to provide unity of action in the pursuit of common goals.
Coordination and Cooperation
Management Principles are the statements of fundamental truth based on logic which provides guidelines for managerial decision making and actions. There are 14 Principles of Management decsrcibed by Henry Fayol
Features of Principles of Management
Importance of Management Principles
The four functions of management viz. planning, organizing, leading, and controlling form the foundation and the skeleton on which the organizational processes pivot on. This article is about these functions in the globally recognized leader in the food and beverages industry, Coca-Cola.
Scientific Management by Taylor
The article discusses in detail the 6 main principles of scientific management.
Techniques of Scientific Management
Criticism of Scientific Management
Study of Fayol and Taylor
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