The Management Bible
Chapter One
What Managers Do
IT'S A NEW WORLD OUT THERE ...
Functions and ...
How they allow managers to get things done through others.
The classic functions of management.
Energizing employees and unleashing their potential.
Empowerment rules!
Your employees need your support.
Communication makes the world go 'round.
WHAT MANAGERS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO
One of the first questions new managers ask-even if only themselves-is:
What am I supposed to do now?
Traditionally, when new managers are provided with an answer to
this question (often they aren't; they are simply hired or promoted to
manager with no training or direction whatsoever), the answer has been
the four classic functions of management that you may have learned in
school-planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
Planning: Running an organization is kind of like steering a ship on
the ocean; to get where you want to go, you've got to have a plan-a
map-that tells you where you're headed. It's the job of managers
to develop the plans that determine the goals an organization will
pursue, the products and services i ... read full excerpt from The Management Bible ebook
