When I ask leaders and teams to concisely summarize their company’s management approach, the pause I get hangs in the air like a frisbee tossed on a windy day. No one seems to know which direction the ...

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

The conventional view of a manager is someone who controls and directs his employees. Management theorists still cite controlling as one of the four management functions. Despite this label, ...