Our definition also indicates that managers use all the resources of the organisation – its finances, equipment, and information as well as its people – to attain their goals.
We define management as a process because all managers, regardless of their particular aptitudes or skills, engage in certain interrelated activities in order to achieve their desired goals.
Management is the process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the efforts of organisation members and of using all other organisational resources to achieve stated organisational goals.