Self Reflective Essay on Management Functions

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Management
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MANAGEMENT
Topic- Self Reflective Essay from Life with Application of Planning, Organising,
Leadership and Controlling
As commented by Alvesson, Blom and Sveningsson (2016), the management
functions play a vital role in smooth operations, development along with growth as it is the
ongoing process which helps in predicting the deviations before actually the situation occurs.
Moreover, as stated by Erasmus, Strydom and Rudansky-Kloppers (2016), the planning is the
most crucial element which should be incorporated by the different leaders in the companies
as it will be enhancing the overall efficiency of the companies in a positive manner.
While working with my ABC Company, I was appointed there as team leader in
which there were four members who worked under my guidance. In my team, the different
team members were from various cultural backgrounds and it created a challenge for me in
managing them. As it was my first experience as a team leader, therefore I was not flawless
in planning, controlling and organizing the team. The first task which was assigned to us by
the manager of the company was to deliver fifty pieces of designer scarfs to the most
premium client of the company.
However, due to the lack of proper planning, our entire team could not succeed as
there were cultural clashes between thoughts of different members of the group and we could
not strategize the goals and objectives appropriately as well. Moreover, I failed in organizing
the allocating the resources and there was lack of available resources such as there was
shortage of clothes to design the scarfs. However, I tried to act as an authoritarian leader in
handling the team and managed the entire situation in a tactful manner. We were required to
deliver the scarfs to the client within three days, however due to the cultural issues and lack
of equality created within the team members, there was huge chaos among the team members
and it affected the work (Thorpe 2015).