Management (from Old French ‘menagement'- the art of conducting, directing; from Latin ‘manu agere'- to lead by hand) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organisation, often a business, through deployment and manipulation of resources; and in the process ensuring that stakeholders needs are satisfied.
French industrialist Henri Fayol (1967) described the functions of management as Planning, Organising, Commanding, Coordinating and Controlling. In organizations today however, management functions also include Motivating and Developing People.
Planning is the management function concerned with defining goals for future organizational performance and deciding on tasks and resources needed to be used in order to attain said goals. Planning occurs at all levels: by Senior Management- Strategic, by Operations- Tactical, by Supervisors......

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Title: Function Of Management
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