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Define the four functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) and explain how each function relates to your own organization.

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The solution is a 350 word paper defining each of the four functions plus the real world example requested in the problem.

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Planning is the process that management uses to accomplish the objectives of the business. Granted the most common objective is to make money, but planning defines how to get there in the broadest of terms. Examples would be what kind of business, or if existing whether to expand to other products or concentrate on a narrower field, to grow by acquisitions or not to grow, to be socially or environmentally conscious, to have multiple locations or not. These are all big picture discussions

Organization is the process of either formally or informally deciding on the internal structure. These plans would include how to divide the work between managers by function; plans ...

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