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Running Head: Week One Individual PaperThe Four Functions Of ManagementSanjeet Kaur SinghManagement 330University of PhoenixAbstractThe four functions of management, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, are very essential in building strong organizations and even stronger more effective teams. Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are the functions of management. These function activities must be performed by all managers regardless of their industry level, title, or the task they have at hand. These four management skill are used whenever a project or a task is at hand. Even in the field we are working in, many of us ...view middle of the document...
In the planning phase, a company looks into where the company is at the present time and where it would like to be in the future. In the planning process, managers are required to set goals and determine what it would take for that manager's organization to achieve that goal.The WMKKNC (West Modesto/King Kennedy Neighborhood Collaborative) and SMHC (Stanislaus Multi-Cultural Health Coalition) have numerous meetings along with administrators and directors of other community advocacy groups to decide what should be done to help the community. During the meetings, the group evaluates the needs of the community, and then decides what should be done to further help the community, and what steps it should take meet the goal. The Collaborative must also decide if in fact the plan that the group has decided on will in fact benefit the community. The other factor that these meetings address is the external and internal factors that may influence whether the plan will be a success or failure.OrganizingOrganization is the second function of management. According to Bateman-Snell (Management: Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive World, 2007), organizing is assembling and coordinating the human, financial, physical, informational, and other resources needed to achieve goals. Although organization is not the basis for which the four functions of management are based, this is a key function of management. Effective managers organize the company by identifying jobs to be done, hiring people to do them, defining departments, and delegating authority. Without organization, any business or company will diminish; the structure of the company will fall into chaos.The organization that I am employed with is a matrix organization. This organization has more than one "boss" or authority figure. I am both an employee of West Modesto/King Kennedy Neighborhood Collaborative but also of the Stanislaus Multi-Cultural Health Coalition. This has certain advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage to working in this type of organization is that the way that the organization is set up is often confusing to the employees. The employees are not sure who they should be reporting to; who is eventually responsible for them. The advantage of this system is that employees learn the collaborative skills needed to function in an environment characterized by frequent meetings and more informal interactions (Management: Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive World, 2007).LeadingLeading is the function of management that deals with motivating and communicating with employees; stimulating employees. Employees that are motivated usually have a tendency to go above and beyond their job function. For this reason, managers come up with job incentives and rewards to motivate their employees to come up with ideas or increase their individ...
