HCM 433 MANGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.pdf

Departmental heads, Supervisors, Foremen, Stores Officers, Presidents or even Boy’s scout leader
all performs managerial functions; although obviously not at all of the same type of equal
importance. It is the task, which a person performs which is of importance not the job title. Hence
managers, whoever they may be, tend to have the same set of functions in an organization. Thus,
these activities are called management functions, because, they identify broadly what managers
do. These managerial functions are generally considered central to a discussion of management
by authors.
*i=> The Planning function
Planning, simply put, is a decision making process that pertains to the future. In the managerial
sense, planning is the determination of what to do and how to do it.
It involves all activities leading to the formulation of objectives and deciding upon the means of
meeting them. Planning therefore, becomes a matter of making decisions from among many
alternatives. Obviously, the manager must have knowledge of the many opportunities that present
themselves and must have ability to create and develop opportunities, but in the long run he or she
must be able to analyze the opportunities and to select the best one for the conditions that exist.
The plan is the net results of the planning process.
*ii=> The Organizing function
In a very brief summary, the preparation required for managerial plans into action is called
organizing. It is the managerial process of arranging and allocating work, authority and resources
among an organization’s members so they can achieve an organization’s goals efficiently.
Basically organizing involves the determination of the activities required to achieve the
established objectives, grouping these activities in logical basis for handling by a subordinate
manager, and finally, assigning the designed jobs to different persons and work department to
assist a manager in executing them. The net result of organizing is the organization structure.
*iii=> The Staffing function
Staffing is the managerial function of matching the right people with the right job. it has been
broadly defined as filling, and keeping filled, the position vacancies in the organization structure
through proper and effective recruitment, selection and development of qualified personnel to do
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