ASSIGNMENT # 01

Submitted To:
Engr. Sana Saeed
Submitted By:
M. Zarar Saleem
Roll No:
2k18-CHE-208
Section:
C
Course Title:
Industrial Management
Topic:
Function of Mangers
Date: _______________

7th Semester
Department of CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
 Function of Manger
Manger
A Manager is the person responsible for planning and directing the work of a group of individuals, monitoring
their work, and taking corrective action when necessary. For many people, this is their first step into a management
career.

Functions of a Manager
As there are many management functions in business and, therefore, many manager titles. Regardless of title, the
manager is responsible for planning, directing, monitoring and controlling the people and their work.
1. An Operations Manager is responsible for the operations of the company.
2. A Night Manager is responsible for the activities that take place at night.
According to Reitz,
Managers generally work for long hours, their days are broken up into a large number of brief and varied
activities, they interact with large number of different people, they do little reflective planning and spend most of
their time engaged in oral communication. They spend a lot of time getting, giving and processing
information.
According to Stoner,
Managerial work is characterized by the following things:
1. Managers work with and through other people: Managers work with internal (subordinates,
supervisors, peers) as well as external groups (customers, clients, suppliers, union representatives etc.) in
order to achieve corporate goals. They plan things, create a structure, motivate people and achieve goals.
2. Managers are mediators: People working in an organization do not always agree on certain things.
Managers often step in to put things in order, clear the paths to goals, clarify things to people, put out fires
and meet goals.
3. Managers are politicians: Managers must develop healthy relationships with various groups in order
to achieve the goals smoothly.
4. Managers are diplomats: Managers serve as official representatives of their work units at organizational
meetings. They may represent the entire organization.
5. Managers are symbols: Managers represent corporate as well as employee aspirations. They are shown
the door when these aspirations do not materialize.
Classification By Henry Fayol
More popular and widely accepted is the classification given by Henry Fayol. According to him, the managerial
functions may be broadly classified into five categories: planning, organizing, directing, staffing and controlling
Each function blends into the other and each can be performed in any order or sequence, but tend to be performed
(normally) in the planning, organizing, leading and controlling sequence.
Planning:
Planning is the process of making decisions about future. It is the process of determining enterprise
objectives and selecting future courses of actions necessary for their accomplishment. It is the process of
deciding in advance what is to be done, when and where it is to be done, how it is to be done and by whom.
Planning provides direction to enterprise activities. It helps managers cope with change
Organizing:
Organizing is concerned with the arrangement of an organization’s resources - people, materials,
technology and finance in order to achieve enterprise objectivesThe function increases in importance as a firm
grows. Thus, organizing refers to certain dynamic aspects: What tasks are to be done? Who is to do them? How
the tasks are to be grouped? Who is to report to whom? Where the decisions have to be made?
Staffing:
Staffing is the function of employing suitable persons for the enterprise. It may be defined as an activity where
people are recruited, selected, trained, developed, motivated and compensated for manning various positions. It
includes not only the movement of individuals into an organization, but also their movement through (promotion, job
rotation, transfer) and out (termination, retirement) of the organization.
Directing:
The function of guiding and supervising the activities of the subordinates is known as directing. Acquiring
physical and human assets and suitably placing them on jobs does not suffice; what is more important is that
people must be directed towards organizational goals. This work involves four important elements:
a) Leadership.
b) Motivation
c) Communication
d) Supervision
Controlling:
The objective of controlling is to ensure that actions contribute to goal accomplishment. It helps in keeping the
organizational activities on the right path and aligned with plans and goals. In controlling, performances are
observed, measured and compared with what had been planned. If the measured performance is found wanting, the
manager must find reasons and take corrective actions. If the performance is not found wanting, some planning decisions
must be made, altering the original plans. If the controlling function is to be effective, it must be preceded by
proper planning. Thus, controlling includes four things:
(a) Setting standards of performance,
(b) Measuring actual performance,
(c) Comparing actual performance against the standard and
(d) Taking corrective actions to ensure goal accomplishment.