The document outlines the key steps in the management process: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Planning involves setting goals and determining how to achieve them. Organizing is assigning tasks, resources, and coordinating work. Leading inspires people to work hard to achieve goals. Controlling measures performance and ensures goals are met through corrective actions if needed. The management process is an ongoing cycle that must adapt to changes.

1. The Management Process
By: Ranell Schroeder

2. Management Process
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Controlling
Achievement
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Leading Organizing

3. Planning
Planning is the process of setting
performance goals and determining the actions
needed to accomplish those goals. Through this
process, not only does a manger identify desired
results, he/she also creates steps to achieve
those results.

4. Organizing
Once the planning for goal achievement
phase is completed, the steps and processes
need to be organized. Organizing is the process
of assigning tasks, apportioning resources, and
coordinating work activities. During this phase
of the process, managers arrange who does
what task while using assigned resources to
maximize goal success.

5. Leading
Leading is the process of stirring
enthusiasm and inspiring people’s efforts to
work hard for goal achievement. Managers and
leaders are very different, but managers do lead
their subordinates. Managers have to build
members’ commitments to their own goals and
visions. They also have to encourage the
subordinates to act in a manner that will
increase productivity and achieve goals.

6. Controlling
Controlling is the process of measuring work
performance and taking actions to ensure goals and
work performances are met. This means managers
must compare the results and intentions and take
corrective action if those do not coincide. During
this process, managers must communicate with the
workers; he/she should gather reports on
performance and communicate the needed
changes to subordinates. Control is obligatory in the
management process.

7. Plans often need to be modified and re-evaluated
to best fit upcoming changes and challenges.
Managers have to be able to conform to changes in
the economy and their environment.
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