Planning, Organising and Controlling

The first 3 essential skills of management:

Planning: the preparation of a predetermined course of action for a firm. This provides the key to the long-term success of the business.

Organising: determining what is to be done, who is to do it and how it is to be done. This requires the arrangement of the resources of the business to achieve the goals of the planning stage.

Controlling: Overseeing, evaluating and modifying tasks to ensure that goals are being achieved. This requires measurement of performance. Make interventions and changes as needed if performance below standard.