No matter what your management style, participatory, directing or teamwork, four broad management functions are demanded of you. As a manager, your primary tasks involve managing people who are ...

In 1916, a French coal mine director named Henri Fayol wrote a book entitled "Administration Industrielle et Generale," which set forth five distinct functions of managing that Fayol insisted were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about management in its many forms. That said, despite the role's multiple challenges, there's ample evidence -- with ...