What Are the Four Basic Functions That Make Up the Management Process?

In 1916, French Coal Mining Superintendent Henri Fayol wrote the book "Administration Industrielle et Generale" and suggested that Fayol's five different management functions would be applied to every industry. In the 1950s management textbooks began to incorporate some of Fayol's ideas into its content. A management process school was born, but even today, the management course uses Fayol's many ideas to teach business knowledge to business students. Fayol originally proposed five management functions, but authors of management books put them together in four: plan, organization, leadership, and control. The fifth function is staffing

The plan involves deciding where to accept the company and selecting the procedure to reach it. It first requires administrators to understand their business challenges and then requires administrators to predict future business and economic situations. Then set goals, achieve targets by specific deadline and decide on procedures to achieve them. They will revise the plan according to changes in the situation and adjust as necessary. The plan helps to allocate resources and reduce waste

Administrators achieve targets by pooling materials, human resources, and financial resources. They identify activities to complete, classify activities, assign activities to groups or individuals, create responsibilities, and delegate authority. Then they adjust the relationship between responsibility and authority

Leaders require managers to motivate employees to achieve business goals. It requires the ability to communicate effectively with the use of power to achieve these goals. An effective leader is a student with individuality, motivation, and communication. They can influence their people to see the situation from their point of view. Leadership also involves monitoring employees and their work.

Control is a management function that involves measuring the degree of achievement for established goals and objectives. It is also necessary to ascertain the cause of deviation successful completion and request the administrator to take corrective measures. The administrator first identifies goals and targets, then measures goals and targets, identifies anything that hinders the company from achieving that goal, and provides remedial measures as needed. Control is not always about achieving financial goals. It also includes nonbiological targets and goals, such as satisfying production quotas and reducing certain number of complaints from customers.

Leyla Norman has been an author since 2008 and is an official English as a second language teacher. She also has a master's degree in development research and a bachelor's degree in anthropology.

The management of the four function management is defined as the process of setting and achieving targets by executing four basic management functions using human, financial, physical, and information resources. (Straub, 1994) These four functions are planning, organization, guidance and control. These functions are explained separately in detail, but in reality they are inseparable and interdependent. The administrator can not say, "Make a plan in the morning, give instructions before lunch, arrange between 1 PM and 2 PM and control until the end of the day until 2:30 PM." A build group (organization) is required for implementation planning. The subordinates are instructed to complete the plan (guidance), and the progress of the plan must be monitored (control)

Management is defined as a guiding principle to set and achieve targets through the execution of four basic management functions. These four functions plan, organize, guide and control. In this article we will examine all four functions individually, but in reality they are mutually dependent and inseparable. Managing all four functions is important for building sound teams and stronger organizations. The manager's job is to instruct the organization to achieve clear goals by practicing these four functions. In order to succeed, administrators must plan, organize, guide, and manage in a streamlined and ordered manner. Set targets, determine action plans, decide what to do and allocate resources (organization). In addition, employees are instructed to complete the plan (leadership) and must monitor the progress of the plan (control).