Blog #5

 Blog #5

The first session this week our magnificent profesor Christopher talked to us about “Basic Administrative Functions”. Basically, there are four functions: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. We will go into detail of each an every one of them in a second.

Well, a second has passed, let’s talk about planning. Planning considers with the organization's goals and the way we will achieve them

There are three main reasons why managers tend to plan:

1.     To establish objectives

2.     To identify resources

3.     To decide activities

The second function is organizing. Organizing is the procedure that considers from which part of the organization, decisions will be taken, the right people that will take certain positions in the organization, tasks that might be requested and who will depend or who. Organizing also implies the creation of a structure of departments and job description. This means that in order to succeed you have to organize your company correctly, if not, it will be a disaster.

The third function is leading. Leading is essential because humans need someone to mantain and increase thir motivation levels. So that is the leader’s job, to keep all of the employees motivated. It is important to keep the employees mtivated because they are the ones that keep te company running and help you acomplish your objectives.

And finally, the last one is controlling. Controllin is a really important factor in you actvities because you have to be monitoring and measuring the performance of your workers all the time. There are four important aspects in controlling:

1. Decide performance measures
2. Compare expectations w/ real labor performance
3. Apply actions to correct opportunities
4. Modify performance measures