...Five Functions of Management within the Army Denise Witherspoon MGT 330 Jonathan Good May 7, 2012 Five Functions of Management within the Army The five functions of management within the Army are inseparable. Through lost wars and battles, Army leadership had to learn the hard way why those functions were inseparable. In this paper, I will provide a brief narrative of the Army’s organizational structure and how it applies to the five functions of management. I will also incorporate leader and motivation theories as it relates to the Army. The Army’s organizational structure can be complex to those who aren’t familiar with the military. The Army consists of numbered armies, corps, divisions, brigades, and battalions that conduct full spectrum operations around the world.” (Department of Defense 2012). Those units report to the Department of Defense through a chain of command. The units within the Army have front line managers (Troop Commanders), middle managers (Division Commanders), and top managers (Commanding Generals). These managerial levels are comprised of Army officers. The enlisted leadership is comprised of line managers and staff managers. The President is the Commander-and-Chief of the armed forces, otherwise known as the President. His top-level management team consists of the Vice-President, the Chief of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense. The Army is a mechanistic organization combined with a Professional...
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...The Five Functions of Management Practices Implemented in my Workplace OJ MGT 330 Prof. Kay March 22, 2014 The Five Functions of Management Practices Implemented in my Workplace As the world continues to advance at a fast pace, organizations has to be extremely watchful in exercising of their managerial qualities, values, culture, and system, as it is compulsory for each and every employee to understand the standard of operation of their organization. Management is a discipline that consists of a set of five definite functions: planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. These five functions are part of a body of practices and theories for how to be a successful manager (Reilly, Minnick, Baack, 2011). At the mention of management, a lot of people believe management is about supervising employees, or that it is an incomprehensible set of practices developed by corporate experts in high level positions within an organization, while others think management is related to a specific leader or authority within an establishment (Reilly, Minnick, Baack, 2011). Who then is a manager? What the duties of a manager as a leader in an organization? The solution to these questions mainly depends on the five functions of management which are: planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling are implemented in the various institutions to help in identifying standards and accomplish set goals. In this paper, I will present how the management practices of planning...
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...Five Functions of Management from an Insider Management for Organization Organizations require outlining of design and arrangement of many details in order to grow. Working in the educational industry, has opened my eyes to the “behind the scenes” aspects of what it takes to run schools and the departments within to stay afloat. I will apply the five functions of effective management; planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling to my professional career in examples that I have encountered. Examples will include from both positions I have held in the district; some will be explained in positive aspects and others in negative aspects. I have been employed about two years with the La Joya Independent School District. My journey began in the human resources department as a receptionist to being promoted to personnel clerk. Later I transferred to an elementary as a teaching aid for special education children. The district serves over 4,000 employees and consists of 23 early childhood schools, 8 middle schools, 3 high schools, 5 early college and academy schools, and an alternative center. The planning function is critical in the human resource department. With new laws taking effect, people transferring, and new departments being made; working in human resources is fast paced and merciless to those that cannot multitask. The environment is assessed internally and externally by executives, goals are implemented to all departments and individuals, to allocating...
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...Applications of the Five Functions of Management Applications of the Five Functions of Management The five functions of management, planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling are all necessary actions to ensure a successful path of operations in the depot. Each of these functions will be detailed in the coming text to show the relationship each has to the other and as they apply to the day to day challenges that the depot faces. Repair activities in the depot must begin with a plan. As the depot operations manager planning begins with a complete understanding of the action that must be undertaken. Strategic plans are designed to integrate all company activities into one coherent course of action (Bedeian, 1986, p. 100). Planning a repair activity in the depot consists of choosing strategies, resource planning and goals. These steps consist of different levels of detail. The strategy employed for a repair is determined first by assessing the failed carcass. The example we will use will be a Unit 3 Control Power Supply, Multifunction Chassis. This is one of the major units that the depot services. We begin the strategy aspect of the planning function by researching our data base to find valuable failure data that we collected during previous repairs. This data is then reviewed so a strategic approach can be developed. During this data collection and strategic planning commonality of failures, failure trends and corrective actions are researched...
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...Forces on Management Control Practices of Bangladesh. Abstract This study attempts to examine the influence of national culture and other forces on management control practices of Bangladesh by applying Schneider and Barsoux 2003 culture/ control profiles and some other alternative theories. A triangulation of research methods are followed for this purpose. Evidence from telephone interviews, researcher’s personal experience and other empirical works are used to validate the ingredients of Schneider and Barsoux control profiles for Asian region and different alternative theories on management control practices of Bangladesh. Empirical works from other scholars also suggest that several forces like institutional pressure, ecopolitical conditions and history etc. are more influential than culture in directing the course of management control practices in Bangladesh. The major limitation of this study is its usage of limited data sets. The findings will be useful in understanding different forces that are shaping management control practices in a transitional economy, Bangladesh. 1 1.0 Introduction Previous researches (Hofstede 1991; Schneider and Barsoux, 2003) confirm that management control is practiced differently in different parts of the world and the development of national management practices is a function of its environmental factors. Although it is hoped that globalization, technological development and improved methods will make harmonization of management control...
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...good management practices of planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling are implemented into the workplace. It will analyze the application of these management concepts to the workplace. Including specifics of how five functions are practiced in the workplace. Applying the five functions can only improve any business that is willing to accept changes. At the time it was not known that the Boutique was using the five functions. The course made it clear that the owner was utilizing the five functions and the contribution it will offer to the business when practiced during operation. MANAGEMENT PRACTICE Effective Management Practices in the Workplace A good, effective management practice to use in any workplace is the five functions: planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling (Reilly, 2011). A successful workplace has to have a great staff working to help it move forward. A great leader (owner) will ensure that employees are organized, informed of the planning, leading, staffing, and controlling to reach the goals of the organization. Working in the clothing industry is tough so applying the five-functions in the workplace will work when it is applied properly. To be successful managers and owners need to know the five functions, and how to implement them into the workplace. Success will be reachable and achievable when all five functions are taken seriously and applied into the business as a team effort. The first function is planning;...
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...Five functions of management (Fayol) Theories and methodsManagementby Vincent van Vliet - Jun 23, 2014 1981 At the beginning of the last century (1916) the French engineer Henri Fayol created the first principles of the classical management theory. Fayol is classified as the founding father of for example the line and staff organization. Based on his experience as a successful director or a mining company, he developed several theories that are still relevant today. At the time, managers had no formal training. However, the increasing complexity of organizations created a need for professional management. Five functions of management Fayol gained world-wide fame for his 14 general principles of management. He distinguished six general activities for industrial enterprises: technical, commercial, financial, security, accounting and managerial. He defined five functions of management for the management component and these are still seen as relevant to organizations today. These five functions focus on the relationship between personnel and its management and they provide points of reference so that problems can be solved in a creative manner. 1. Planning Planning is looking ahead. According to Fayol, drawing up a good plan of action is the hardest of the five functions of management. This requires an active participation of the entire organization. With respect to time and implementation, planning must be linked to and coordinated on different levels. Planning...
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...Five Management Functions 1 The Five Management Functions Amy Rodriguez MGT 330 Management for Organizations Instructor Sangita Patel August 26, 2014 MGT330: Management for Organizations MGT330: Management for Organizations Five Management Functions 2 In this paper I will represent the five management functions, planning, organizing, staffing, leading and control and how I incorporated them into my prior position at Cafe’s Incorporated. Examples of these five management functions will be explained in detail. This will show my experiences and knowledge used in this position, and how this company distributed their authority and utilized these functions. I use to work for Cafe’s Incorporated, a profit seeking organization, in Washington State, as a Store and restaurant manager. It is a simple structure business, but using a middle manager for each store, as well as the owners, or executives also and is also a fast paced restaurant that involves few managerial staff members. There was the owner’s, or the executive manager’s, the store manager or the middle manager then the assistant manager and kitchen manager, or front line manager’s. I reported directly to the owners, executive manager’s for all aspects of the business, and was responsible twentyfour hours a day for the store. As the Store Manager I was involved with all executive management, as well as front line management and all employee’s. ...
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...Running head: MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MANAGEMENT PRACTICE Abstract This paper will explain how good management practices of planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling are implemented into the workplace. It will analyze the application of these management concepts to the workplace. Including specifics of how five functions are practiced in the workplace. Applying the five functions can only improve any business that is willing to accept changes. At the time it was not known that the Boutique was using the five functions. The course made it clear that the owner was utilizing the five functions and the contribution it will offer to the business when practiced during operation. MANAGEMENT PRACTICE Effective Management Practices in the Workplace A good, effective management practice to use in any workplace is the five functions: planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling (Reilly, 2011). A successful workplace has to have a great staff working to help it move forward. A great leader (owner) will ensure that employees are organized, informed of the planning, leading, staffing, and controlling to reach the goals of the organization. Working in the clothing industry is tough so applying the five-functions in the workplace will work when it is applied properly. To be successful managers and owners need to know the five functions, and how to implement them into the workplace. Success will be reachable and achievable when all five functions are taken...
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...The five functions of management Shabrekia Andrews MGT 330 Management for Organizations Instructor: David Gibbons March 10, 2014 The five management functions include the following: planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling. Implementing these five functions are essential to running a successful business. Being in the military, I have found that these five functions are necessary to complete the designated tasks at hand. My current employer is GA Mates/RESET located on base of Fort Stewart Georgia. Basically what we do is take the equipment of units coming back from deployment and fixed them. At one point we had so many pieces that organization was and still is a necessity. The five functions are necessary to keep the process running smoothly because there are so many moving pieces. At my current employer, my superiors set the standards and we abide by them. Throughout my essay, I will be discussing how the five management functions are important and applied to our daily duties. Knowing my job and what I have to do is a key factor in making sure things are going the way they should be going. My title at GA RESET is data entry clerk/technician. What I do is take those pieces of equipment, inventory them, cut jobs for them to be worked on, update the progress, close out the job, and keep record of the pieces coming in and out of the shop. Each section, in our place of employment, is responsible for implementing the five functions. Planning “Managers use...
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...Running head: The Importance of Management 1 The Importance of Management Chelsea Winslow MGT330: Management of Organizations Paul Verlasky THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT 2 Introduction Management is crucial in developing the operations of organizations. The structure of an organization is the foundation that an organization positions itself on and determines the success of the organization. Without management, organizations would lack defined purpose and goals. Management in organizations has led to studies of various theories of management. There are numerous theories and ideas that have shaped management principles within organizations. Despite the ever changing environment of organizations, there are five core functions that have remained intact. These functions are: leading, planning, staffing, organizing and controlling. Every organization and its needs are unique and specific to that organization. Every organization will have a different approach and way of operating, but these five core functions are the constant in the implementation of each organization’s goals. These core functions can be observed in one of the retail industry leaders, Macy’s. As a former employee of this organization, I observed these five functions of management in the achievement of their goals. Also, as a former employee of this organization, I believe I can elucidate more on the process of application of these functions in various situations. (Reilly...
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...The Five Functions of Management MGT330: Management for Organizations Management function is an integral part of any organization. This paper will describe each of the five functions as they pertain to my past work experiences. Management discipline consists of five specific functions: planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling Reilly, M., Minnick, C., & Baack, D. (2011). I was in the Navy for 20 years and have had a lot of experiences with different types of management, some good and some bad. The first function I will describe is planning. Planning is a systematic process in which managers make decisions about future activities and the key goals that the organization intends to pursue Reilly, M., Minnick, C., & Baack, D. (2011). My experience in the Navy concerning the planning function was extensive. I was able to see the planning stages from every angle throughout the process, from the lowest man on the totem pole to the person developing and executing the plans. My last duty station in the Navy was as an instructor and we had to do a comprehensive curriculum review and change the whole curriculum. During the planning stages we had to determine what our strengths and weaknesses were as it pertained to the content, subjects and personnel that were to be delivering the instruction. The entire planning stage took approximately 6 months to complete and it was extremely daunting. The goals we had set for the curriculum change were attainable because...
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...Answers to Chapter One Questions (1) There are five main functions of management; Planning: Management decide what to do, how to do, why to do, where to do and who will be responsible for doing is planning. Organizing: Organizing is the process of defining and grouping activities and establishing work to be done. Directing: Interact with people , leadership and supervision are the elements come under the function of management. Directing function should influence the work performance and the behavior of the employees and groups. Controlling and monitoring: Manager always watch work performance according to organizational objectives goals. It stimulate high performance among the staff and management personnel Feedback (change and goal): The fifth function assessing to other function to how they perform. If it is necessary to adjustments on the functions, according to results manager rearrange the function. All the five functions of the management should performed by managers. Also managers must be adaptable to the different possible situations to execute these functions. (6) In my opinion traditional management like military style of management. That types of managements are very hierarchical, organized, disciplined. according to hierarchical order the person who has ordered, can't tell his or her idea. The ability of management is derived from the power of the position not from management. However the project management mostly depends on soft skills - consensus building...
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...Management Is My Business By: Course: MGT 330 Professor: Date: Our five senses are essential to our everyday life. They help us navigate, explore and experience things that are new and common to us. Without them we would miss out on a lot of things in life and opportunities. Also, there are ways to overcome certain circumstances where as if one of our senses didn’t function properly, like a stuffy nose or watery eyes. The five functions of management are like our five senses in the business world. Without them, managers and teams all over the world would be clueless on how to manage an organization properly and effectively. If used properly they can lead to positive and long-lasting outcomes within an organization. I’ve been working within my family’s business since the day we bought it back in 2005. We own a 100 room hotel with a bar and restaurant. The main entity that we operate is the hotel, which is independent or non-franchised; the other two are leased out. The hotel consists of four main departments; they are management, front desk, housekeeping and maintenance. In order to get the business up and running to our standards we had to do a lot of trial and error and come up with new ways to make money and save some too. We had to do some planning and come up with some organizational goals. Then we had to organize departments, jobs and responsibilities involved in each department. Next, we had to hire a staff to fill the positions created from organizing. After...
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...(BWK1307A) Unions and management are two crucial components for any organization. Also, management and unions play a crucial role in any organization. However, some unions feel that the organization does not compensate its members fairly, or that the organizational working conditions are less than desirable. Conversely, some employers feel that unions interfere with management decisions and impede on a positive relationship between managers and employees. There may be some truth to both perceptions. However, management and unions need to come together and achieve a great healthy work environment for everyone who is involved with the organization. So, this paper will briefly describe the role of management in an organization, discuss the role of a union in an organization, will describe two strategies/actions an organization can implement to create and maintain a conducive, working relationship with unions as well as explain two strategies/actions a union can implement to create and maintain a conducive, working relationship with management. First, the role of management in an organization is very important. Management has many responsibilities in an organization. Management helps an organization to become successful. Without the use of management the organization will not be successful. Management is also the ones who are responsible for conducting actions linked to hiring, employee training, compensation, evaluation etc… (DeSilva, 1997). Management also has a huge responsibility...
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