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Management can be defined as a set of activities directed at the efficient and effective utilization of resources in order to achieve organizational objectives. Management focuses on the entire organization from both a short and a long-term perspective. Management is the managerial process of forming a strategic vision, setting objectives, crafting a strategy and then implementing and executing the strategy.
Management goes beyond the organization's internal operations to include the industry and the general environment. The key emphasis is on issues related to environmental scanning and industry analysis, appraisal of current and future competitors, assessment of core competencies, strategic control and the effective allocation of organizational resources.
The term management has been defined in different ways by different writers. Management is the act of getting things done through and with people in formally organized groups. It's the act of creating an environment in which people can perform as individuals and yet co-operate towards attainment of group goals. According to the famous American management theorist,
Mary Parker Follet, Management is the art of getting things done through other people. It's a process of achieving results through the efficient utilization of human and material resources.
Management involves 'the design or creation or maintenance of an internal environment in an enterprise where individuals working together in groups can perform efficiently and effectively towards the attainment of group goals (H.Koontz and O'Donnel).
Management is the 'process of getting things done though the efforts of other people (Moody et al).Management is a process of achieving an organization's goals through co-ordinated performance of specific functions, that is, planning, organizing, directing, staffing, controlling (David Schwartz). Management is also a process of co-coordinating and integrating human, technical and other resources to accomplish specific results. It's a process of getting things done through and with people, by directing and motivating the efforts of individuals toward common objectives.
marto answered the question on March 4, 2019 at 06:37