The four functions of management are planning, leading, organizing and controlling. Companies use various control mechanisms -- business plan, needs assessment, budgets, audits, pricing, ...

In 1916, a French coal mine director named Henri Fayol wrote a book entitled "Administration Industrielle et Generale," which set forth five distinct functions of managing that Fayol insisted were ...

LONDON/NEW YORK(Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence) - This is the first of two articles looking at policy management. It focuses on basic policy management principles, while the second will look ...