FUNCTIONS of MANAGEMENTYenna Monica D. P.

Conceptualizations

• Luther Gulick’s POSDCORB acronym (1937) Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing,

Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting• Russell Gregg (1957) – 7 Management

FunctionsDecision Making, Planning, Organizing, Communicating, Influencing, Coordinating, and Evaluating

Conceptualizations• Iñigo (1997) – 5 Functions of Management Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, and

Controlling• Ernest Dale (1978) – 7 Management Functions

Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Direction, Control, Innovation, and Representation

• Koontz and Weirich (1992) - 5 Management Functions

Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Leading, and Controlling

Joseph Massie (1987)

Massie’s 7 functions of management have been adopted in many books as the writers strongly believe that its basic functions of management, taken collectively, best describes the job and process of management.

It is applicable to all activities like at all levels from the immediate Supervisor to the Chief Executive, and that they are fundamental in all types of cooperative endeavor, business-firms government agencies and educational institutions.

Eight Functions of Management

• Decision Making• Organizing• Staff• Planning

• Controlling• Communicating• Directing• Innovating

Decision Making

is consciously chosen from available alternatives

For the purpose of achieving a desired result

a course of action

Organizing determining structure and allocationsof jobs.

Staffing

Selecting, training, promoting and retiring subordinates

PlanningAnticipating the future

Discovering alternative courses that are open

ControllingMeasuring current performance

Guiding it towards some predetermined goal

Communicating

Transmitting ideas to othersFor the purpose of effecting a desired result

DirectingGuiding actual performance of subordinates

towards common goals.

SupervisingOne aspect of directing at lower levels where physical over-seeing of work

InnovatingMaking or introducing

Such as new method, a new procedure, a new technique, a new approach, etc…

Henry Mintzberg (1973)

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ManagementRepresents the KEY FACTOR

To attain accelerated growth and development

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