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The document discusses the five main functions of management: 1) Planning, 2) Organizing, 3) Staffing, 4) Directing, and 5) Controlling. It provides details on each function, including that planning deals with setting goals and determining actions to achieve them, organizing involves structuring tasks and assigning resources, staffing is about recruiting and placement of personnel, directing includes supervision, motivation and communication, and controlling measures performance against standards.

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3 Management Functions

The document discusses the five main functions of management: 1) Planning, 2) Organizing, 3) Staffing, 4) Directing, and 5) Controlling. It provides details on each function, including that planning deals with setting goals and determining actions to achieve them, organizing involves structuring tasks and assigning resources, staffing is about recruiting and placement of personnel, directing includes supervision, motivation and communication, and controlling measures performance against standards.

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ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

3 MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

3.1 INTRODUCTION

Management consists of the functions given below. It is based on Henri Fayol's thinking
on the functions of management.

1. Planning

2. Organizing

3. Staffing

4. Directing

5. Controlling

3.2 THE FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT

3.2.1 Planning

It is the basic function of management. It deals with chalking out a future course of
action & deciding in advance the most appropriate course of actions for achievement
of pre-determined goals. It bridges the gap from where we are and where we want
to be. A plan is a future course of actions. It is an exercise in problem solving and
decision making. Planning is determination of courses of action to achieve desired
goals. Thus, planning is a systematic thinking about ways and means for
accomplishment of pre-determined goals. Planning is necessary to ensure proper
utilization of human and non-human resources.

3.2.2 Organizing

It is the process of bringing together physical, financial and human resources and
developing productive relationship amongst them for achievement of organizational
goals. According to Henry Fayol, “To organize a business is to provide it with
everything useful or its functioning i.e. raw material, tools, capital and personnel’s”.
To organize a business involves determining and providing human and non-human
resources to the organizational structure. Organizing as a process involves:

• Identification of activities.
• Classification of grouping of activities.
• Assignment of duties.
• Delegation of authority and creation of responsibility.
• Coordinating authority and responsibility relationships.

3.2.3 Staffing

It is the function of manning the organization structure and keeping it manned.


Staffing has assumed greater importance in the recent years due to advancement of
technology, increase in size of business, complexity of human behavior etc. The main
purpose o staffing is to put right man on right job i.e. square pegs in square holes
and round pegs in round holes. Staffing involves:

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• Manpower Planning (estimating man power in terms of searching, choose the


person and giving the right place).
• Recruitment, selection & placement.
• Training & development.
• Remuneration.
• Performance appraisal.
• Promotions & transfer.

3.2.4 Directing

It is that part of managerial function which actuates the organizational methods to


work efficiently for achievement of organizational purposes. It is considered life-
spark of the enterprise which sets it in motion the action of people because planning,
organizing and staffing are the mere preparations for doing the work. Direction is
that inert-personnel aspect of management which deals directly with influencing,
guiding, supervising, motivating sub-ordinate for the achievement of organizational
goals. Direction has following elements:

• Supervision
• Motivation
• Leadership
• Communication

Supervision- implies overseeing the work of subordinates by their superiors. It is


the act of watching & directing work & workers.

Motivation- means inspiring, stimulating or encouraging the sub-ordinates with zeal


to work. Positive, negative, monetary, non-monetary incentives may be used for this
purpose.

Leadership- may be defined as a process by which manager guides and influences


the work of subordinates in desired direction.

Communications- is the process of passing information, experience, opinion etc


from one person to another. It is a bridge of understanding.

3.2.5 Controlling

It implies measurement of accomplishment against the standards and correction of


deviation if any to ensure achievement of organizational goals. The purpose of
controlling is to ensure that everything occurs in conformities with the standards. An
efficient system of control helps to predict deviations before they actually occur.
Therefore controlling has following steps:

• Establishment of standard performance.


• Measurement of actual performance.
• Comparison of actual performance with the standards and finding out deviation if
any.
• Corrective action.

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