We recapped the four management functions. 1) Planning: which defines the organization’s goal and establish a strategy to accomplish it. 2) The coordinator function: a leader/manager whose job it is to motivate employees and resolve any conflict among the staff as it arise. 3). The Controlling function: the manager taking charge to make sure all the operations of the organization, are running smoothly and monitors employee’s performance (Robbins & Judge, 2011).
Verizon: External/Internal Factors MGT/330 January 28, 2012 Verizon: External/Internal Factors The four functions of management continue to guide Verizon through internal and external factors successfully. Of course, management needs to work creatively in problem solving and execute all the four functions in order to attain the objectives and goals in a way that the cost of accomplishment is viable for the company. Some of the internal and external factors that Verizon must effectively and efficiently guide themselves through are globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics. Verizon will need to continually adjust how they use the four functions of management to handle the strategic, tactical and operational decisions for the organization, and a crucial tool that Verizon uses to do so is delegation. How Internal and External Factors Affect the Four Functions of Management Like many others successful organizations, Verizon still stands on the four functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) to guide them into the future.
1 Functions of Management Yolanda Green BSHS/322 December 4, 2011 Instructor Frank Scarpone 2 When it comes to operating a successful business, organizations can best achieve the goals and objectives of the company by following the four functions of management. The four functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. The following paper discusses the four functions of management, and also explains how each function relates to my own organization. The first function of management is planning. Planning is the most important aspect of all functions of management.
Situational leadership is based on several factors that involve motivations and the situation that is on hand. Every organization needs to be managed in some form of manner, and leaders of these organizations need to make sure that they have four key that can help them succeed in the responsibilities of being a good leaders, and these these keys include: 1) there ability of planning, 2) have a good understanding of organizing, 3) ability to lead by example, and 4) there ability to control a situation. Management can also be defined as the function that determines how the organization's human, financial, physical, informational, and technical resources are arranged and coordinated to perform tasks towards achievement of strategic
Controlling is when a manager makes certain that a plan is in place and followed by each affected area of the organization. Next would be organizing the staff to make sure each employee has the right skills to work on the plan and making certain that the plans are followed. Next would be organizing and directing and deciding what resources are most effective for the task at hand and how to use these resources. The reason for this is so that the organization runs smoothly and effectively. The last element is decision making and managers must do this after reviewing the choices from the information and the alternatives given in the reports or logs.
The team essentially becomes the boss, with oversight from the company’s managers whom act as a liaison in fostering communication and structure for the goals to be accomplished. The teams will have a sense of shared governance and accountability for the goal attainment. Key components of contributing to a successful launch of the newly created structure include, but are not limited to; a clear vision from the COO on what the direction, and plan of action will be, implementation of strong communication of the plan with the managers and employee’s, and a system of checks and balances to allow for adjustments to be made to accomplish the goals of the
Also will need to establish the productivity measures and compare those with the company or organization figures. Lastly, the manager will need to have a team meeting; take contribution on achieving the goals set by the manager, and institute a common goal for the teams. The transformational leadership style will work for the restructuring strategy with the new management practices, because the teams are mature and under the strong leadership of new management. In order to allow the new transformational leadership to be effective, one will have to recognize critical competencies, educate their employees, and motivate, empower, and encourage the teams to facilitate them to focus on accomplishing their goals effectively. It is important to engage the employees in the critical thinking process, decision making process and setting a common subsidiary goal that will be able to help the specialists to merge well with the existing teams.
The reason that a company has aims and objectives is so that they have goals to achieve because it is important that all businesses have a plan to follow. The purpose of a mission statement is to outline a businesses main aims and clearly identify the purpose of the organisation to all of it's stakeholders. All of the above methods (missions, aims and objectives) are all forms of strategic planning. The strategic planning process of an organisation is the process through which all the major plans for the company are created. The aims of a company are strategic because they are there as steps to be the best that they can be and are ways in which the company can achieve what they set out to do.
A project charter describes what the project is and how a team will approach it, as well as listing the name of all stakeholders. “It is a critical component of the project management initiation and planning phases” (www.brighthubpm.com). The project charter is meant to lay the foundation of the project and it includes a statement of the business needs. “Each project begins with an idea, vision, or business opportunity and that is the starting point that must be associated with your organization’s business objectives” (www.brighthubpm.com). A project charter has four major purposes and those purposes are to authorize the project manager to proceed with the project, to help the team and sponsor develop a common understanding, to help the team and sponsor commit to the completion of the project, and to screen out poor projects (Kloppenborg, page 85).
Goals The main goal of this position is to place the organization under a microscope and define areas of improvement and productivity. This position is directly in line with the mission of the organization because implementation of processes and monitoring the progress is essential to the growth and development. Exploring potential problems in practices and procedure can be useful to the infrastructure of the organization. Impact on Productivity This position has a direct impact on productivity as it sole existence is based on analyzing the controls in the organization and defining if they are productive in accordance to the mission. The employees who occupying these positions are motivated to fulfill the goals and mission, therefore, they are productive in their