The essay is about the following question:
How applicable do you think the four functions of management (planning, leading, organizing and controlling) are for managers in New Zealand organisations today?

Word limit: 1080 to 1320 words (excluding references)

This assignment requires students to analyse the principal elements of the management process and to explain how organisational participants make decisions in a variety of organisational contexts.

The types of decisions managers make in respect of each of the four functions of management (planning, leading, organizing and controlling).

The essay must have a minimum of three scholarly citations and references in addition to the textbook (i.e. a minimum of four references in total).

The textbook is Management: The Essentials 2nd Edition. Authors (Robbins, Decenzo, Coulter and Woods)
The above textbook must be used as one of the references.