Understanding Management - Assignment

Running head: UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT
Understanding Management
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1UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT
Table of Contents
Task 1: Four Functions of Management in Determining Day to Day Business Operations...........2
Task 2: Possible Structure of Business and its Relevance in Achieving Business Goals...............3
Task 3: Culture of the Business Based on Handy's Model and Its Importance...............................5
Task 4: Four Strategies for Effective Communication....................................................................6
References:......................................................................................................................................8

2UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT
Task 1: Four Functions of Management in Determining Day to Day Business Operations
Most organizations undertake four key management functions. The company under
discussion is a cleaning service provider for offices, homes and commercials business. The basic
duties for cleaning services includes vacuuming, mopping , dusting, surface cleaning thereby
making sure that the homes, commercial business and homes are neat, clean and tidy. However,
the day to day operations of the business activities is maintained by following the mentioned
approaches.
Planning: The very first function followed by the cleaning service business is planning.
This is because without a proper planning no such goal that can be achieved. The cleaning
service business uses planning for managing its day-to-day activities like budgeting, scheduling
and the proper set of resource allocation for attaining maximum profit (Conkright 2015).
Planning however remains a challenging area for the management of the service provider since it
involves approvals from the executives.
Organizing: The managers of the cleaning service company follow this approach for
organizing the resources and project along with the delegation of the task. Through this step, the
cleaning service company also leads to the coordination of the activities and the assignments for
a particular goal or project (Byrnes 2014). This relates to the selection of the vendors or
recruitment of resources. In other words, this approach to management helps the managers in
organization through bringing in the human, financial or physical resources for achieving the
desired objectives.
Leading: In this approach, the ownerof the cleaning service provider motivates the
employees in achieving the business goals and objectives. Such intervention is necessary for