CHARACTERSTICS OF MANAGEMENT

1.ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES-An organization comes into existence to attain certain objectives.Management deals with the achievement of these objectives.A manager's success is measured bu the extent to which these objectives are achieved.Hence,goal setting and goal attainment are the strategic parts of manager;s job.

2.WORKING WITH OTHERS-Organizational goals are achieved with the joint effect of people.Therefore, the managerial challenge lies in work in with people and managing group efforts.Management can provide effectiveness to human efforts only when team or group activities are managed properly.The emphasis or team work is very important.It involves a working environment in which team members interact each other.

3.ATTAINING EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS-Efficiency is the managerial ability to minimize or optimize the use of organizational resources in attain the objectives.Organizations are efficient when managers minimize the amount of input resources an the time to produce a given of goods or services Cost-benefits ratios measure such effacing of management.

4.ADOPTING SITUATIONAL APPROACH-Reg most effective and appropriate way of managing an organization depends upon the particular circumstance of each case .The implications here is that each case will be differ net.Therefore the solution to look for will As different organizations generally have systems and rakes for structures,leadership styles,planning functions,and other management practises.

5.COPING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT-The effectiveness of management also lies in its ability to cope with the changing environment.Thier are several internal an external forces influencing organizations.external environment is the most powerful influence on organizations.The changes taking place in the socio -cultural ,legal ,political ,technological , and economic environment affect organizations in various ways.