Management: Theory, Practice, and Application - MGT 330 - The Four Functions of Management

Management plays a key role in the success or failure of a business. An adept manager will utilize the four functions of management, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling to the best of his or her ability. In my position as an executive assistant at Hewlett-Packard, it is vital that I use each of these skills to the best of my ability.
The first function of management is planning. In our text, Management: The new Competitive Landscape, Planning is described as "specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals."…