The Forces That Influence Management of Organizations

Role of Management and the Forces Impacting the Functions The management is an important part of any organization and this is largely due to the functions that they play for the prosperity of the company. Effective management system is also an important facet of any organization for the success of that organization. This paper will discuss the patient roles that the management of any organization plays and the possible challenges that they may face in the process of accomplishing these functions.

The roles of the management include; decision making, this is a crucial role of the management since the decisions that are made will have a positive or negative impact on the organization and business at large. Sound decisions have to be made to ensure that the business registers profits as well as operates ethically in relations to their employees and other stakeholders Boulay, A. (1998). Yet another role is the responsibility of planning as an aspect of management.

This ranges from the planning of the daily activities of the organization, to the long-term plans as well as project management that need proper planning to be executed effectively. The management also gets involved in proper scenario planning for the organization as a safety measure to safeguard the future of the organization incase there are any unforeseen or unexpected hitches that may face the organization (North Umbria University, 2009). Organizing is another function of the management in nay organization.

This involves the concerned managers arranging work in a systematic manner according to the organizational plan with the aim of accomplishing the intended operational or strategic goals of the organization. It is through organizing that the management determines the tasks that need to be accomplished and at what time they need to be accomplished. It is also the management that will determine who will be made responsible for undertaking the particular task, the person to oversee the project and to whom the final report will be handed.

Another crucial function of the management is leading. This can be noted as the most crucial role of the management in relation to managing the human resources since without people, the accomplishments of the organization cannot take place. This role will help motivate the junior staff when done by a manager who is good in leading. This role helps in influencing and motivating the employees through effective communication and both the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation towards effective performance.

The management is also in charge of controlling after it has implemented the previously mentioned functions of planning, organizing, and leading. Here, the management is held responsible for evaluation of the progress of the assignments and work that was structured for a given period. The management is also responsible for rectifying and diversions from the original plan through constant monitoring, correcting and comparing since this is the rust of controlling as a responsibility of the organization (Rashid Javed, 2009).

In as much as the management of any organization would prefer to have as little interferences to their roles and how they have planned out activities for the organization, this is hardly the situation in the contemporary society where there are numerous external as well as internal intervening variables that often come into play in the management process of the organization. The internal factors that often influence the management of any organization are; the employees who are the central factor in any form of operation of the organization.

The management will always strive to ensure the grievances of the employees are listened to and attended to. There is no management that would love to run an organization which is at constant conflicts with the employees since such conflicts do hamper productivity of the employee and of the organization as a whole. The owners of the company are yet another force that directly influences the management of the organization as an internal factor.

The owners range from partners in a business, to the people who hold shares or have bought part of the property of the company. These people will always bring in their suggestions and would like them implemented hence directly affecting the management of an organization internally (Visser, 2010). Another factor that influences the management and the decisions that they make is the task environment which essentially is an external force.

This consists of the customers who need to be taken care of, competitors who have to be watched lest they slice the market share of the organization, suppliers with whom proper coordination has to be done lest shelves run empty, distributors who are an important joint in the company supply chain, strategic allies that the organization may need to ensure its vision is achieved, the employee organizations which have legal mandates hence their proper demands must be taken care of and the local communities within whom the organization is established and operates and hence their welfare needs to be taken care of.

The last category herein is the general environment which has proven to be a very significant force in shaping the decisions made by organizational management.