Implement good management practices

Management involves setting goals and making decisions based on careful planning. As the business owner, you are responsible for all aspects of the business. Your management skills in guiding the business, and your employees if any, will play a large role in the success of your business.

Management encompasses the following areas:

• Planning. Setting the goals and strategies for your business.
• Organizing. Deciding on tasks, delegating, scheduling, etc.
• Staffing. Hiring, training, and terminating (if necessary) employees.
• Directing. Supervising and motivating employees.
• Controlling. Evaluating and analyzing how you are doing in your goals and reacting accordingly.

Other sites of interest:

• Running Your Biz: Managing & Operations
• Managing a Small Business
• Small Business Knowledge Base: General Management
• Online Women's Business Center: Management Institute
• Management Center
• IOMA's Business Management Supersite
• Smart Business Supersite: Management
• Free Management Library
  
  

This document was prepared by the San Joaquin Delta College Small Business Development Center. Send comments to: Gillian Murphy

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