anagement Is Both an Art and a Science
Management is both Art and Science. It is the art of making people more effective than they would
Have been without you. The science is in how you do that

Management can be said to be the process of working with people and the resources to accomplish organizational goals (Bateman Snell (1999) management building competitive advantage 4th ed.). It could also be said to be the organization as well as the coordination of an organization as it relates to already set out policies and the achievement of certain objectives.
Management is both art and science it is the art of making people more effective than they would have been without you. The science is in how you do that, the science of it lies in a manager’s ability to apply the four basic functions of management as he carries out all his/her duties, namely: Planning, organizing, directing and controlling.
The most basic of all these functions is the planning aspect, planning is the foundation of any organization, these are the policies that are set in place whether it has to do with long term goals , objectives, profits. These strategies are set in place and used to achieve companies’ goals. Organizing is assembling and coordinating the human, financial, physical, information and other resources (Bateman Snell (1999) management building competitive advantage 4th ed.). This involves grouping all the resources together and getting them working in order to aid in achieving all the organization’s goals that have been set down in the planning process. Directing is the aspect/ functions has to do with motivating ,supervise, control, and communicating with all employees on what course of action that needs to be carried out ,which aids in achieving company goals . With this aspect people are divided into departments, divisions and teams.