Proper Management is the Heart of an Organization

As every gardener knows, plants are happy when they get the water they require, the same goes with management…..an organization functions effectively only if there is good management. Management is the dynamic life giving element in every organization. It is the activating force that gets things done through people. Without management an organization is merely a collection of men, machines, money and materials. In its absence the resources or production remain resources and never become production. The importance of management can be elaborated from the following points:

1. Meets challenges of changes
2. Achievement of goals
3. Optimum use of resources
4. Provides stability  Provides innovation
5. Provides coordination & establishes team spirit
6. Tackles business problems
7. Helps in personality development
8. Establishes sound industrial relations

According to George Terry, Ineffective management cuts at the very roots of an economy of an organization thus leading to disastrous consequences. This suggests the importance of efficient management in the case of business organizations

As Andrew Carnegie once remarked, “take away all our factories, our trade, our avenues of transportation and our money but leave me, our organization and in 4 years I will have re-established myself”. The essence of the above statement is that an organization is not the factories, trade, transportation, money or other physical resources. Instead, it is made up of the people or human resources that are linked together in a formal structure guided by management. There is no substitute for good management. Someone had said that “good management is the exercise of common sense”. The problem with this definition is that good sense is not as common as one might wish. From time to time, gadgets and short-cuts are offered to replace management practices. But at the best they only assist rather than replace good management. Management is an influencing process, i.e. it needs to influence the people within the organization to do the work as well as the people outside the organization to get the work done. An organization without management is like a body without its soul or a rose without its fragrance and color. Thus, to conclude an organization without an improper management cannot function effectively in good times but an organization with a good management can function effectively even in bad times.