Management:Management is a principle refers to a fundamental truth. It establishes cause and effect relationship between two or more variables under given situation. They serve as a guide to thought & actions. Therefore, management principles are the statements of fundamental truth based on logic which provides guidelines for managerial decision making and actions. These principles are derived: -
BasisUnity of commandUnity of directionMeaningIt implies that a sub-ordinate should receive orders & instructions from only one boss.It means one head, one plan for a group of activities having similar objectives.NatureIt is related to the functioning of personnel’s.It is related to the functioning of departments, or organization as a whole.NecessityIt is necessary for fixing responsibility of each subordinates.It is necessary for sound organization.AdvantageIt avoids conflicts, confusion & chaos.It avoids duplication of efforts and wastage of resources.ResultIt leads to better superior sub-ordinate relationship.It leads to smooth running of the enterprise.Therefore it is obvious that they are different from each other but they are dependent on each other i.e. unity of direction is a pre-requisite for unity of command. But it does not automatically comes from the unity of direction.
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