For businesses, a big part of the planning function of management is deciding which course of action is best suited to achieving the business's goals. Planning is a preparatory step, which means ...

No matter what your management style, participatory, directing or teamwork, four broad management functions are demanded of you. As a manager, your primary tasks involve managing people who are ...

This is the first of two articles looking at policy management. It focuses on basic policy management principles, while the second will look at a number of specific issues with which the managers ...