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Introduction: The purpose of this essay is to discuss the managerial role which involves Fayol’s four functions. The Fayol four functions are planning, leading, organizing and controlling. The essay shows whether the Fayol’s four function theory is relevant to roles of manager in reality. The essay also looks into the influence of economic and technological factors on the work of the manager. The manager that was interviewed is Mr.T and he is working as operation director in Company S. Company S is a part of manufacturing industry in Malaysia. He has been working in this industry for the past twelve years as an operating director in Company S. Company S collects waste materials like old computers, tins, glasses and computer components …show more content…

In order to improve the skills of the workers, individual sharing session are done periodically. Mr.T rated 4 for leading in the questionnaire and this is consistent theory of distribution of time. According to the theory, managers spend less time for leading which is twenty two percent compared to planning and organizing. Mr.T also play as leader in the company since he motivates the workers and take responsibility for training the staffs. According to Minzberg theory, leader is a person who direct and motivate subordinates, select and also to train employees. According to the Katz theory, conceptual and human skills are more important than technical skills (…). This theory is consistent with Mr.T’s managerial skills, as he has rated 5 for conceptual and human skills but he has only rated 3 for his technical skills. The last function of fayol function is controlling is to ensure the performance of the workers does not deviate from standards and it consist of three steps which are establishing performance standards, compare the actual standard with the actual standards and finally taking actions to correct the mistakes (…). Mr. T’s controlling involves reviewing the weekly report about the operationally activities of each account, their compliances deliverables and achievable goals. Mr.T has rated 3 for

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