UNIVERSITY OF JOS
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE UNIT
NAME:
CHUNG LUCY PAM
MATRIC NO: UJ/2017/ED/0467
COURSE:
LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION
COURSE CODE: LIS 303
DTAE: 17/06/2019
QUESTIONS:
GIVE FIVE (5) FUNCTIONS OF A MANAGER
Definition of science:
Science is the systematic organization of knowledge in the form of table
exploration and prediction about the universe.
Definition of management:
Management is the science or an act of utilizing resources or people to
achieved a goal.
1. What then is a scientific management?
Scientific management is a theory of management that analyzes and
synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is improving economic
efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest
attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes and to
management.
Four principles of scientific management
Taylor’s 4 principles are as follows.
1. Replacing work by “rule of thumb” or simple habit and common
sense and instead use the scientific method to study work and
determine the most efficiency way to perform specific tasks.
2. Rather than simply assign workers to just and job, match workers to
their jobs based on capability and motivation and train them to work
at maximum efficiency.
3. Monitor worker performance and provide instruction and
supervision to ensure that they are using the most efficient ways of
working.
4. Allocate the work between managers and workers so that the
managers spend their time planning and training allowing the
workers to perform their task efficiently.
A manager by definition is a person responsible for overseeing a department
or a group of employees. Managers are utilized in every sectors and the
business model relies on their leadership and ability to operationalize the
management structure.
The five functions of a manager are as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Controlling
1. Planning: in an organization, planning can become a management
process, concerned with defining goals for a future direction and
determining on the missions and resources to achieve those targets.
2. Organizing: is the establishment of effective authority relationships
among selected work, persons and work places in order for the group to
work together efficiently.
Organizing is a process of dividing work into sections and department
3. Staffing: most employers expect their managers to interview hire and
train new employees.
4. Directing: is said to be a process in which the managers instruct, guide
and oversees the performance of the workers to achieve predetermined
goal directing is said to be the heart of management process.
5. Controlling: this is one of the managerial functions like, planning,
organizing, staffing, and directing .control in management means setting
standards measuring actual performance and taking corrective action.
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