Managerial functions, respectively activities represent probably the most typical way of the classification of the managers’ job. The managing work is divided according to this concept into the individual functions, respectively activities.
Perhaps the oldest classification of the functions of management created Henri Fayol as follows:
- Planning
- Organizing
- Commanding
- Controlling
- Coordinating
There are numeours alternative classifications:
According to Luther Gulick and Lyndall Urwick - the acronym POSDCORB:
- Planning
- Organizing
- Staffing
- Directing
- Coordinating
- Reporting
- Budgeting
According to Heinz Weihrich and Harold Koontz:
Related terms and methods:
- Deming Cycle (PDCA)
- Leadership & Communicating
- Manager
- Managerial roles
- Motivation & Motivating
- Problem Solving
Related management fields:
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