Intro to Business › Section F · Management and leadership › Topic F.1
The role of management
Every organisation, from a corner café to a global airline, has to turn people, money and materials into results. Management is the work of making that happen, and it rests on four connected functions: planning, organising, leading and controlling.
In this topic
- Why organisations need managers
- What management is
- Where the functions came from
- The four functions as a cycle
- What each function involves
- Efficiency and effectiveness
- Worked example: two catering branches
- Management in every kind of organisation
- Worked example: sorting a manager's week
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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