Four Functions Of Management Simply put management is being able to work with individuals and utilize resources given to obtain organization goals. Great managers are known by how effective and quickly they achieve these goals and also how they are able to make optimum use of the resources available to them of which can include time, materials, employees, money etc some managers focus on a particular aspect at the expense of others. Managers like that have poor management skills. There are four aspect of management that serves as a blueprint to achieving your set goals. They are planning, organizing, leading and controlling with planning the most important out of the lot There is a popular saying common with people from all works of life “he who fails to plan plans to fail” such lays down the importance of planning on management as a whole, it is the foundation on which everything else is built. The elook dictionary meaning states that it is the act of formulating a program for a definite course of action, without planning nothing can be achieved and this apply to our daily life as well. When looking at planning from a management perspective it can be said that most institutions within the sports and Leisure industry are doing well because of good planning and determination without determination nothing can be achieved and with planning both of these go a long way in achieving a directed goal or responsibility. The example that planning can be associated with is for example, if a new sports and leisure centre has opened the centre will obviously, recruit new staff it will also, make sure that the centre has a vision for a certain amount of years in other words, a vision is necessary to make sure that the centre is a huge success. This is where Planning plays a big part without it this certain place cannot achieve success they cannot achieve success of their