What managers do?

What exactly do managers do on a day-to-day basic?

The French engineer Henri Fayol divided managerial work into five categories: 

(1) Forecasting and planning,

(2) Building organizations and systems, 

(3) Directing subordinates,

(4) Co-ordinating various activities across the business, and 

(5) Guiding these activities so that all parts of the business are working towards the same end.

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 One of the most famous management writers, the American Peter Drucker, also provides five categories:

(1) Setting objectives,

(2) Organizing, 

(3) Motivating and communicating,

(4) Measurement of work accomplished and 

(5) Developing people. 

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