According to the functions approach, managers perform certain activities or functions as they efficiently and effectively coordinate the work of others. What are these function? Henri Fayol, a French businessman, first propose in the early part of the twenching century that all managers perform five functions : planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling.
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- Planning : Defining goals, establishing strategy and developing plans to coordinate activities.
- Organizing : Determining what needs to be done, how it will be donw and who is to be done.
- Leading : Motivating , leading and any other actions involved in dealing with people.
- Controlling : Monitoring activities to ensure that they are accomplish as planned.
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