Management is the art of getting things done through people." —Mary Parker Follett. It is the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and application of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible).
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to management:
[edit] Essence of management
[edit] Types of organizations
Main article:
Organization [edit] Areas of management application
General managers and other leaders need extensive experience in and knowledge of purposeful activity. Management can be applied to every aspect of activity of a person or an organization:
[edit] Self-management skills
[edit] General organization management skills
[edit] Department management
[edit] Field- or organization-specific management
[edit] General management concepts
[edit] Management scholars
[edit] Management lists
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
problems of management