Definitions of Management By Some Authors

Management is the process of managing all the activities and tasks required to maintain or achieve a desired level which most of the time deals with people related issues. It also includes making and applying quality scheduling, with quality control and quality upgrading. It is also known as the total quality management (TQM). Management only concerned about the accomplishments of the task for achieve a pre-determined objective by utilizing people and resources.

 

Different authors of management have viewed management from their own point of view and they also emphasis on different expects of the management. For an example, F.W. Taylor emphasized on engineering aspects, George R. Terry emphasis on decision making aspect, some of them like Barry Richman also emphasized on integration or coordination aspect of the management. 

George R. Terry tried to explain management is a different process in which planning, organizing, motivating and controlling; utilizing together science and art and followed in order to accomplish a pre-determined goal.

F.W. Taylor considered management as the skill of knowing what you want to do and then seeing that they do it in the best and the cheapest way.

Mary Parker Follett clarify management is the art of getting things done through other people.

Harold Koontz said it is an art of getting things done through others and with formally organized groups.

Peter Drucker gives explanation about it that management is a multipurpose organ that manages business, managers, workers and work also.

From above definitions we can say that Management is a societal and technological process in which planning, organizing, staffing and controlling etc are the major portion. In the formation, direction, maintenance and operation of an organization management helps in every aspects. It tries to maximize benefits for the employer, the employees, and the other people of the organization.

Related article:  Management Concepts

Issues Related With Human Resources

Retirement:

Retirement means stopping of work after attaining a particular age limit. But voluntary retirement of a worker in any establishment on completion of nearly 25 years service shall be deemed to be “Retirement”.

Working Hour:

The time when workers remain under the control of his employer for their work excepting time for eating and resting is the working hour for workers. 

Workshop:

Workshop means such premises or yard where industrial process is carried on.

Factory:

Any location or work area where generally five or more workers remain engaged in work on any day of the year is known as the “factory”.

Gratuity:

Gratuity means 30 days wages of a worker at the rate of last drawn wages for a full year or more than six months service which he gets on conclusion of service.

Retrenchment: 

Retrenchment is the termination of workers by the employer on the ground of needlessness caused by redundancy.

Discharge:

Discharge means termination of the service of worker by the employer on account of physical or mental disability.

Day:

It is a period of twenty four hours beginning from six o’ clock in the morning.

Shift:

Same kind of work is carried out by two or more sets of workers; working during the different periods of day is the “shift”.

Dismissal:

Termination of services of any worker for his or her misconduct by the employer is referred as “dismissal”.

Week:

A period of seven days which commences from six o’ clock in the morning of any Sunday or from any other day determined by the government for any area.