The four functions are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

Planning- Choose appropriate organizational goals, and courses of action to best achieve those goals.

Organizing- Establish task and authority relationships that allow people to work together and achieve organizational goals.

Leading- Motivate coordinate, and energize individuals and groups to work together to achieve organizational goals.

Controlling- Establish accurate measuring and monitoring systems to evaluate how well the organization has achieved its goals.

• Describe the Four Management functions and how you will use them to manage your success in your workplace or personal life. Provide specific examples of each.
• What types of skills do managers need? Choose a current or former manager and explain if they displayed these skills.
• What challenges do managers face and how should they deal with them?

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