Interrelationship Between Management Functions

INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

Managing is a continuous process consisting of;

i. Planning,

ii. Organizing,

iii. Staffing,

iv. Directing,

v. Controlling

When a manager reaches the last step, viz., control, his job does not end here. Actually, he will again start with planning on the basis of his past observations and experience and his projection about the future. One cannot say that a manager will organize only when the job of planning is over, or will direct only when the stage of organizing is completed. In practice, a manager has to perform these activities simultaneously to achieve the desired objectives.

Thus, for theoretical purposes, it may be convenient to separate management functions, but practically there defy such categorization. They are highly inseparable. Each function blends into the other functions and affects the performance of others and is also affected by the others. In other words, the function of management are interdependent and interrelated. The interaction between the functions of management has been shown by dotted arrows in Fig.