April 2015
Beginner
480 pages
107h 32m
English
1-3 Describe what managers do.
ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT ALIKE, and neither are managers’ jobs. But their jobs do share some common elements, as you’ll see in these three approaches to describing what managers do.
Says that managers perform certain activities, tasks, or functions as they direct and oversee others’ work.
WHAT Fayol said managers do: First person to identify five common activities managers engage in: plan, organize, command, coordinate, and control (POCCC).5
Today, the management functions have been condensed to four: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
See Exhibit 1–4 for what managers do when they P-O-L-C.
Four Management Functions