Within every business you will find managers. Managers perform the same tasks in every company whether your company sells building materials or cosmetics. There are four functions of management; planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, according to (Bateman & Snell, 2009, p. 12). All managers have to plan, organize, lead, and control to achieve their company’s goals. Each task of a manager’s job is important and essential to their company’s overall success.
The first task a manager must consider is planning. A manager has to recognize the goals of the company or his department and determine how to achieve those goals. These goals can be broad, long range goals or smaller, specific goals as they relate to his department. (Bernard Erven, 2009, p. 1). Managers view current situations, make predictions as to their future needs, and study objectives they need to accomplish in order to create a plan to accomplish their goals. The function of planning is important to my organization as we look at sections of land to determine if drilling gas wells will be feasible for our company. Our geologists study the land and maps are developed to show possible pockets of gas beneath the earth and determine whether to purchase the land for drilling.
Organization of the company or a department is another responsibility of management. A manager must know the number of employees needed in order for the company or department to be successful. Organizing activities and responsibilities is an intricate part of obtaining the outcome desirable to the company’s or department’s goals. A manager must organize their personnel and resources to reach the desired results. My organization is very organized within each department. Each department is dependent on other departments to complete the entire chain of events within our organization. We have to be extremely organized in order to