How do managers know exactly what his or her job functions really are? Is it based on what he or she feels needs to be done to complete the job, or is it based on the training for the job? Actually, it could be the latter. During training, managers are indirectly taught how to plan, organize, lead, and control. We will look at each one and see how it affects the day-to-day functions of managers, as it will assist any new manager with running his or her team efficiently (Watson, 1983).
Planning
According to Google Definitions (2007), planning is defined as "an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action." Planning can take on a number of faces, anything from completing employee work schedules, to planning a personnel improvement plan.
My company has set up Employee Job Functions for each level of employee, as this shows what the company is expecting from each of its employees. It sets forth everything that our job entails, and explains the roles that each level has in order to work together. The planning process can also work to help "motivate employees" (Planning, 2007), as this will help keep the employees wanting to do his or her job on a daily basis.
Organizing
"Organizing is assembling and coordinating the human, financial, physical, informational, and other resources needed to achieve goals" (Bateman and Snell, 2007). Organizing employees can include gathering and hiring new employees, and explaining job duties, just to name a couple (Bateman and Snell, 2007). This process is described as being more descriptive, as many of the job expectations are listed on paper (Sisk, 1972).
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