Defined as the achievement of organizational objectives through people and other resources.

The process by which a decision maker determines the available alternatives and chooses the best solution that suits a given problem.

• Staffing

• Planning

• Decision making

• Controlling

The process of establishing objectives and suitable courses of action before taking action.

• Leading

• Planning

• Motivating

• Communicating

The process of arranging an organization's structure and coordinating its managerial practices and use of resources to achieve its goals.

• Organizing

• Planning

• Decision making

• Staffing

Refers to the process of recruiting, placing, training and developing personnel.

• Controlling

• Communicating

• Leading

• Staffing

Refers to transferring information from one communicator to another.

• Planning

• Communicating

• Motivating

• Leading

Refers to the act of giving employees reasons or incentives to work in order to achieve organizational objectives.

• Motivating

• Planning

• Controlling

• Leading

The process of directing and influencing task-related activities of organization members.

• Controlling

• Leading

• Planning

• Organizing

The process of monitoring actual organizational activities to see that they conform to planned activities and correcting deviations or flaws.

• Staffing

• Controllig

• Leading

• Planning

A central element in the management process, which requires the achievement of an objective.