According to the father of Management Peter F. Drucker, “Management is a multipurpose organ that manages a business, manages managers and manages workers and work.” Different scholars have different openions regarding the function of management like they are at variance on the definition of management. The subjects of the management functions were taken up in 1916 by Henry Fayol. According to his opinion, management refers to the forecast and pre-determind projection, Planning, Organising, directing, to-ordinating and controlling. Accordingly, Fayol has described the following five areas of activities for the management:-

1. To forecast and plan

2. To organise

3. To command

4. To co-ordinate

5. Control

With regards to the functions of management getting impressed with Fayol”s ideology. Luther Gulick, the first chairman of the American “National Public Administrative Institution,” has prepared a list of seven functions of management in term of “PODSCORB” is the following sequence:-

1. Planning

2. Organisation

3. Operating

4. Staffing

5. Co-ordinating

6. Reporting

7. Budgeting.

Harold simdi opines the four functions is terms of “POIM-

1. Planning

2. Organisation

3. Integration and

4. Measuring

Nylce has said that co-ordination and organising are only two tasks of management.

1. Planning:- The first task is to determine as what to do, why to do , where to do, how to do and by whom it is done taking all these points into consideration, the management has to plan a programme by determining the objectives and planning. Besides it, a course of action is also chartered for encountering the adverse conditions. Without any definite and concrete planning to start a venture means to invite to uncertainties and failures. 

2. Organising:- After determining the objectives as planned the second phase is taught with the problems of executions which is got encountered by the organisation through its management. Here the organisation refers to the medium or instrument by which the objectives are to be accomplished as determined through planning. These planning of an organisation however may be very attractive and good, yet for want of a proper execution can prove to be a fiasco. 

3. Staffing:- The first and foremost function of management is to make appointments of the employees. To appoint staff is the administrative function of the management which means to make appointment of various employees as planned in the organization, to provide them adequate training, promotion, motivation, retirement and transfer facilitated etc where are also to be there are efficient employees and dedicated workers the should will be organisation with the efficient management. More efficient is the work-force, stronger should be the organisation, otherwise in absence of which, the management is rendered incapacitated.

4. Directing:- Directing is the most important task of management which is directing and conducting various activities. Management basically is doing and getting done along with other and such as an art. Forgetting things done through others, it is imperative to give them directions for carrying out certain actions for the fulfilment of objectives. Here, directing refers to making other understand as what have they to do, how to do and this is also to be seen whether they are performing their duties as per the norms or not. Directing is the most significant task of management which gives may to a collective endeavour and transforms the management decision into actuality and also paves the way to the fulfilment of the organisational objectives. 

In directing four kinds of activities are included:- 

i. Supervision:- It aims at keeping an eye on the activities of the subordinate employees. Supervision task is to see to it whether or not the employees at lower rank are complying with the directions and the supply of the raw material, machinery are being properly utilised or not. 

ii. Communication: -It is such a process through which any information is passed on from one person to the other. A manager needs to inform to him subordinate that what is expected of him as what he is expected to do and how should he do it. 

iii. Leadership:- It is a process in which the management through an effective leadership has to ensure a good behavioural pattern on the part of the employees by directing a code of conduct. Management also solicits cooperation and support from its work force for the realization of the organization objectives.

iv. Motivation:- It means to encourage or inspire the subordinate employee. So that they should enthusiastically participate in the organisational affairs and perform to the best of their …for the facilitating the realization of goal of their enterprise. 

v. Controlling:- A layman takes management for controlling and vice-versa. To him, a man who supervises a task which is already done and tries to see it accuracy and precision and whether or not its is satisfactorily done, being a member of the management he inforces the decision.