The Four Management Functions

Planning: I was the head of a group discussion where we held discussions of what we learned in the class so that we could easily understand and help each other on the areas we had difficulties in. planning involved set goals that we should have to accomplish at the end of the semester (Robbins & Judge, 2007). This meant that I had to come up with a discussion schedule that will help every member of the group to know what was to be discussed so that they could gather enough materials for the work and prepare some questions that they needed clarification on. Organizing meant that I had to develop the group structure so that we may what a member may want us to discuss is well planned for and that every one of us was an equal member (Robbins & Judge, 2007). This meant that I had to put into consideration all the members want to enhance mutual benefit. I successful led our discussion team in achieving our objective as we all recorded a huge improvement in our final exams. This was encouraging as I had achieved my role as a leader. As a group leader, I had to control the group discussion was contained in accordance with the topic and that there was no time we discussed other students or teachers. This was made possible by having rules that all of us observed.

I believe that managers use controlling most of the times. Effective controlling requires an understanding and proper planning that should work together in order to achieve the objectives (Schermerhorn, 2010). It was the first type of leadership that I applied the POLC model to the end. Although it was a tremendous journey for me I would like to more collaborative so that I can be a great facilitator and a motivator to the group.

 

 

Reference

Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2007). Organizational behavior. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Schermerhorn, J. R. (2010). Management. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley.