Managerial Functions

Dear Students,

Quite often we use the words: Management, Manager, Managerial Effectiveness.

You will find tomes of literature to elucidate each of the above.

In simplistic terms, what does each of these actually mean? Here is a succinct connotation.

Management: Management is the art of directing, conducting and administering the work of others to achieve desired objectives.

The Manager:

1. A manager must plan – decide the goal, forecast, scan the environment analyze problems and evolve strategies, review/evaluate the efficacy of strategies, modify strategies in the light of the feedback received.
2. A manager must organize – decide what activities are required to achieve the desired results. Classify activities into different categories, divide the task and assign specific tasks to groups and individuals.
3. A manager must motivate – enthuse the staff working under her/his control to give their best for the achievement of goals/objectives. Create a sense of loyalty and belonging to the institution. Communicate effectively with staff and influence them to work well.
4. A manager must control – check performance against plans, measure performance and extend guidance and counseling and set high standards of excellence.
5. A manager must lead – constantly endeavor to bring out the best in them, help them to strengthen their integrity, sense of devotion to duty and urge for excellence.
6. A manager must develop – improve the capabilities of systems, processes and people –constantly.
7. A manager must have a self-concept – ambition, enthusiasm, achievement, growth and self-development.

Managerial Effectiveness: The effectiveness of a manager can be measured in terms of her/his success in optimum utilization of all available and potential resources – material, human and financial –towards their sustained, long term functioning.

Look around and study the achievements of people who have been successful in management and you will find the above conspicuous in them.

With best wishes,

Prof. D. P. Chattopadhyay
(Globsyn Business School)