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

Business management helps a company function and achieve goals. Here's what you need to know about each of its eight main ...

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 ...

In my last article I pointed out possible downsides to consolidating control of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) purchasing into a corporate group. The message there wasn’t meant to be that ...

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 ...