Managerial Functions

What Functions are performed by the Manager in the Organization?

It is the set of ongoing decisions and work activities in which managers engage as they plan, organize, lead, and control the work activities of others in the organization.

In other sense, these four functions by adding one additional functions are combined and named as POLCA which stands for:

P for Planning

O for Organizing

L for Leading

C for Controlling

A for Assurance  

Let’s we discuss one by one these functions

Planning

It is a management function that involves the process of defining goals, establishing strategies for achieving those goals and develop plans to integrate and coordinate work related activities of employees inside the organization.

Organizing

It is a management function that involves the process of determining what tasks are to be done. Who will perform what duty (responsibilities of employees to be set at this stage), how the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom, and where decisions are to be made.

Leading

It is the management function that involves motivating subordinates, influencing individuals or teams as they work, selecting the most effective communication channels, or dealing in any way with employee behavior issues.

Controlling

It is the management function that involves monitoring actual performance, comparing actual to standard and taking corrective action, if necessary.

Assurance

Quality function which demands from every manager that he/she ensures that all goals / target will be achieved as set by the management.

These are five functions almost performed by management in every organization. However, their mechanism may be different, their planning methods may be different but funcations are same in every organization. 

Top Management is responsible for planning phase, organizing phase, leading phase and middle management is responsible for controlling phase and assurance phase in management process.