$2.$ Management Functions

Management Functions

To achieve the organization$$s objectives, managers perform four general types of activities.

Managers and Their Activities

Managers$$do the following:

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$$Planning$$is setting an organization$$s goals and deciding how to achieve them. Part of planning is decision making, which is choosing a course of action from various alternatives.$$Organizing$$means deciding how people, their activities, and the organization$$s resources should be grouped so that they work together in a coordinated way.$$Leading$$is motivating and managing members of the organization to work together in the interests of the organization.$$Controlling$$is monitoring and correcting the organization$$s progress toward its goals.

At a food delivery company, a manager would $...$

$$Determine how many drivers are needed to staff a shift $($planning and decision making$)$Give those drivers the instructions and supplies they need $($organizing$)$Communicate and model the company$$s customer service ethic $($leading$)$Ensure that food deliveries reach customers $($controlling$)$

Match each statement with the management activity it illustrates.

Statement

Planning

Decision Making

Organizing

Leading

Controlling

Budgeting enough money for maintenance, marketing, and development of new products

Deciding to increase customer satisfaction by keeping prices low instead of by stocking more types of merchandise

Determining what milestones a project needs to meet so a product launches on time

Requiring employees to remain within a fixed budgetary limit when purchasing supplies and travel for the company

Giving team members time to attend outside workshops