Decision Making Process. Managers at all levels and in all areas of organizations make decisions. That is, they make choices. Making decisions isn’t something that just managers do; all organizational members make decisions that affect their jobs and the organization they work for. Although decision making is typically described as choosing among alternatives, that view…
Functions of Management According to the functions approach, managers perform certain activities or functions as they efficiently and effectively coordinate the work of others. What are these functions? Henry Fayol, a French business man, first proposed in the early part of the twentieth century that all managers perform five functions: planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and…
Definition: A manager is someone who coordinates and oversees the work of other people so that organizational goals can be accomplished. A manager’s job is not about personal achievement- it’s about helping others do their work. That may mean coordinating the work of a departmental group, or it might mean supervising a single person. It…