Management Functions

Management Functions

Being here at the University of Phoenix for only five weeks, and completing my first class, I am anxious and excited to start this class on management. Majoring in business management, I hope to learn an abundance of information that will hopefully, help me in my future careers. Management is a very important thing to have in every day life, whether management be involved in work, family, or social environments. Management has four functions, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. These four functions are very important to have and master when managing. Each plays specific roles, but rely on one another. Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling relate to my organizational skills dearly, I use them in my everyday life.

The dictionary definition of planning is a way of acting, doing, proceeding, and making which is all made in advance, planned (Planning 2008). Planning is used in many important daily activities, especially with parents. Every day planning may consist of vacations, dinners, and doctor appointments; while on the other hand business planning consist of different activities. Some examples of business planning are analyzing current situations, anticipating the future, determining objectives, and choosing or deciding what the best business strategies are (Bateman & Snell, 2007). Planning is second nature to most us humans. Humans plan without knowing it, but when revolving in a business world you have to be able to make good decisions and plan for the best outcomes because usually no second chance is given. Being a full time student and employee planning is very important. I usually make plans in a week in advance. This gives me time to move my plans around or even fit more plans in. Without planning, my life would be hectic, I rely on it greatly, and it enables me to be more organized. While taking this business class, I will hopefully, engage and learn a great deal of the different aspects of planning.

Organizing is also very important because without organization life would be one big tangled ball of yarn. Organization in everyday life is to give specific structure to daily events (Organizing 2008). In a business world organization is to assemble and coordinate the human, financial, physical, informational, and other resources to achieve goals (Bateman & Snell, 2007). These two definitions sound very different but come from the same basic core, which is to specify a structure to achieve a goal. Management is one of the most important things to learn and conquer. This is what makes a company, life or organization flow correctly. Although a bump can occur every so often, with good insight on where you headed you will overcome it smoothly. Without any organizational skills chaos can occur frequently in any type of work. I have learned from experience, especially when it comes to planning out homework organization is extremely vital. Being a college student for the last couple years I have become super dependent on my calendar book. This book has saved my life! I track down when assignments are due, when I have appointments and I even have time allotted for relaxation. This book keeps my life on track and organized. Organization is key and should be taken more seriously because I believe it can make our society run smoother.

Leading is a huge function to master in management. Without leading capabilities there would be no management, no communication. An individual has to know how to be the leader to be successful in any management position or even in life, especially parents, teachers, doctors…etc. When becoming a parent or teacher you automatically take on the role