Question

Name any two important characteristics of management.

Answer 1

The process of getting things done with the purpose of achieving goals efficiently and effectively is called as management. In other words, management can be defined as the process of planning, organising, staffing and controlling so as to achieve the goal of the organisation with minimal resource usage.

Two important characteristics of management are pervasive and continuous process. It is pervasive as impact of management spans over all aspects of business, irrespective of organisation while it is continuous process as it performs the various functions like planning, organising, directing, staffing and controlling simultaneously.