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Labor Management

David Bray, Dan Webb and, James Umphrey (2015)

Summary

Management, the direction of employees and other resources to achieve objectives, is essential to the smooth operation of all organizations. The job of a manager is to create an environment in which people can use resources to reach the stated goals of the organization. Managing effectively requires planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Labor management, specifically, is the planning, organizing, leading and controlling of the operative functions of personnel.