What is Management

Management focuses on work. We manage work activities such as money, time, paperwork, materials, equipment, etc. Management focus more on:

Planning
Organizing,
Controlling
Coordinating
Directing
Resource use
Time management
Logistics and the supply chain
Finance and money management
Budgeting
Strategy
Decision Making
Problem Solving

The first five (planning, organizing, controlling, directing, and coordinating) are often listed in the management 101 texts as the major functions of management. Certain conceptual skills such as decision making, strategy development, and problem solving seem to fit better in management verses the leadership area, but you can go either way..

Some professors like to say "Managers are decision makers." but that doesn't seem quite right. A better description is, "Executives are decision makers? manager?s are problem solvers."

However, some things some things should be managed and others should not. People should not be managed?it implies we threat them like a thing.