Definitions of Management By Different Experts

Many authors define management as "the challenge of creating environment where people work together to achieve a common objective"
 
"Fayol" defines management as "the concept, techniques and process that enable goals to be achieved efficiently and effectively."

According To Koontz And O'Donnell:

It is the basic task of all managers at all levels and in all kinds of enterprises to design and maintain an environment in which individuals, working together in groups, can accomplish selected missions and objectives. In other words, managers are charged with responsibility of taking actions that will make their best contributions to group objectives.

According To Bateman and Snell:

Management is the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals. Good managers do those things both effectively and efficiently. To be effective is to achieve organizational goals. To be efficient is to achieve goals with minimum waste of resources, that is, to make the best possible use of money, time, materials, and people."

According To Ivancevich, Donnelly And Gibson:

Management is the process undertaken by one or more persons to coordinate the activities of other persons to achieve results not attainable by any one person acting alone.

According To Peter Drucker:

A management philosopher defines management as the sum of three major tasks:

( i ). To decide the purpose and mission of the institutor.

( ii ). To make the work productive, and

( iii). To manage social impacts and responsibilities.

According To Samuel C.Certo:

Management is the process of reaching organizational goals by working with and through people and other organizational resources.

All the above definitions put emphasis on three basic and common features of management, which are mentioned below:

1. Management as a process.

2. Achieving organizational goals.

3. Working with and through human and other assets.

According To Some Other Experts:

Management is the function of executive leadership any where.

Others say that:

Management is a technique by means of which the purpose and objectives of a particular human group are determined, classified and effectuated.

According To D.S. Cambell:

Management embraces all duties and functions that pertain to the initiation of an enterprise.

According To Terry:

Management is a process used for accomplishment of desired objective. Management signifies the process of putting human aims, knowledge, and skill in the effective actions. It is a decisive and productive action that leads to successful accomplishment. 

The objectives of an organization are achieved by managing the use of resources i.e. money, material e.t.c. effectively and efficiently.