Executive summary
Manager takes a very important role in every company, a good manager would lead company to a brighter future. The aim of this report is to show readers about an interview of a successful manager with her ways of doing thing in her daily life and our findings and analysis from the interview. The manager who we have interviewed is Miss VniTey. Miss VniTey had worked as a manager in a furniture company for 6 years time and worked in Singapore. We had classified the content of interview by the management function of P-O-L-C, it can clearly show us that Miss Vni is a responsible and outstanding manager who had utilized the management functions very well.
In this report, we sorted out the management function of P-O-L-C into
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After we had done our interview with Miss Vni through asking a list of question, we found out that the managerial function of planning, organizing, leading and controlling were critical to the success of an organization.
2. Planning
2.1 Theory
According to Williams & McWilliams 2010 (p.85), planning can define as choosing a goal and developing a method or strategy to achieve that goal. It is very important that every manager has equipped with the skill of planning because planning is a part that can bring a company to success or failure. Besides that, a manager who can make a good plan believed that he/she is a good manager as well. Before starting a task, the manager must come out with an idea of how to do and what to do in the particular task.
There are several benefits that can be obtained from planning such as planning will encourage persistence, giving a direction to work toward, intensified effort, improve the development of task strategies, reduces overlapping and wasteful action, reduces the risk of uncertainty and promotes innovative ideas. In another words, planning not only make tasks done by an effective way, it also encourages workers to work harder to do their jobs and reduce their uncertainty about the task. However, when planning is done wrong, it may lead to some pitfalls that will cause some negative effect to the organisation and individual performance. Those pitfalls are
Planning consists of competitive moves and business approaches developed to attract, please customers, conduct operations, grow the business, gain competitive advantage, and achieve performance objectives (Huidan, 2011). There are three steps to planning. A manager must be able to decide what goals to pursue, the best strategy to achieve those goals, and how to use their available resources to achieve those goals as efficient as possible (Bethel University,
It also forms part of good business ethics and is good practice to keep people up to date at all times when things change or need to be changed. Failing to do so can result in other peoples work plans being out of sync.
Planning: is the ability to manage the functions of an organization and take decisions that will bring good results in the present and the future, of the organization. It is the management decision-making of the goals to develop a good organization.
Planning is defined as choosing a goal and developing a strategy to attain that goal.
“Organizational Management and Leadership” defines planning as “the development of goals, which leads to the development of an overall strategy for achieving those goals. Planning can be performed at all levels of an organization. Supervisors are planning when a weekly work schedule is put together for hourly staff. Top executives are planning when they define the mission statement of the company and determine how the organization can maintain its competitive advantage.”
Planning is the foundation of all the functions of management upon which the other three areas should be built. During planning, management must evaluate the company’s current situation and then developing strategies to achieve these goals, this is called strategic planning.
Planning will help people to focus their thinking and lead to better team ideas and results.
Planning is a process of establishing a mission with clear goals as a means to achieve them. Good planning requires special skills and perspectives allowing decision-makers to understand the challenges they are facing and apply the most effective solution to a problem. In order to achieve success, one must plan accordingly. Planning can be short term or long term. Short term plans are done on daily basis and are easier to achieve than long term plans. Long term plans are also known as strategic plans and are used to achieve a long range vision or mission of a company. In both methods of planning, short term and long term, is necessary to achieve top notch results. Like in any other process, there are both benefits and pitfalls to a
For managers to be successful they have to be able to plan accordingly. Any good manager can understand the importance of planning, because it is one of the most basic functions of managerial skills. A goal has to be established and strategies have to be conveyed to the subordinates. For example, If I’m a manager I will engage
Managers and organisations plan because it provides them with some direction and reduces uncertainty within the firm. It is also used to set standards for controlling, it is therefore very important within organisations. (Robbins, Bergman, Stagg & Coulter et al, 2006)
Planning is considered to be a primary function of management. All organisations operate in a complex, dynamic and competitive business environment, and therefore, have to plan their actions without which they may not be able to survive.
I had the opportunity of interviewing the Production Manager for a produce processing facility named Latin Specialties, Francisco Vazquez. I asked about his duties as a manager and how they satisfied the functions of management. He explained his daily responsibilities and his long term goals, and gave me an overall perspective as manager in a manufacturing facility. The functions of management are essential guidelines for any manager like him to perform his duties adequately and achieve the organization’s goals. An organization’s manager should be able to carry out successfully the specific functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling to accomplish the mission of the organization.
Bateman and Snell (2013) define planning as, “Specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals” (p. 5). My past manager had a hard time planning daily tasks. She would make suggestions, but never followed through with the proposals. When I was an employee under her leadership I was lost at the beginning because of her lack of planning and efficiency within this function.
Planning: A manager must be able to draw up a plan for future conditions, that will combine continuity, unity and also secure the achievement of future goals. According to Henri this is the hardest role of the 5 functions
I believe you learn about leadership by acting as an example. You should be prepared to do the things you are asking others to do by getting on your hands and knees, if need be, and get your hands dirty. This engraves a picture into the mind of an employee or subordinate to what type of a manager you are. In this paper, I will cover the role a manager plays in an organization describing four functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. I will then describe three traits: conceptual, human, and technical, which an individual must possess to become a successful manager within an organization and how they fit in with the four functions.