Internal and External Factors Paper

Internal and External Factors Paper

Rebecca Viramontes

MGT 230

December 15, 2015

Claudia Camacho

Internal and External Factors Pape

“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and actions,” Geneen. (n.d.).  What makes an organization successful, to be ahead of the competition?  Is it the hard working people employed that produce the end product? Or is the management team that is the driving force of successful organizations?  In actuality, it is both the management team working in conjunction with frontline staff.  It is the responsibility of the team leaders known as managers to effectively help the organization run smoothly and visualize the mission statement.  To accomplish such a feat, one must understand the fundamental functions of management.    

The four functions of management include planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.  According to Bateman and Snell (2011), planning is the first function of management.  Planning involves managers uniting together and developing strategic goals and plans that will help the organization successfully surpass the current goals and accomplish new goals.  Then next function of management is organizing.  Organizing can compile all aspects of the organization to help pull together to reach the common goal.  The organizing function requires the utilization of not only staff but all other resources such as money and technology to collaborate to achieve the plan set forth by the management team.  The next step is leading.  Leading is a difficult step to achieve and maintain.  The process of leading is more than setting forth marching orders.  Leaders must have characteristics that engage employees to materialization into superior performers.  The final function of the management process is controlling.  Controlling allows a manager to monitor processes. The controlling process will allow a manager to not only monitor productivity and measure goals, but it will help the organization make strategic plans for future endeavors or in case issues arise that impact the success of the company.  https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pcg-services.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Smart-Goals.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pcg-services.com/strategic-planning-objectives-goal-setting-steroids/&h=1500&w=1500&tbnid=NCVCBWv211LLhM:&docid=0HX1Xss2JaHKvM&ei=xGR4VvCMEcbDmwGXhpWQBg&tbm=isch&ved=0ahUKEwjw_s_86O3JAhXG4SYKHRdDBWI4yAEQMwhEKEEwQQ

There are many factors that can impact the functions of management.  Both external and internal issues can severely impact the organization for good or bad.  External factors include things that are outside of the company’s borders.  Some of these factors are items such as economic issues, other company rivals, and even federal and state regulations.  Internal factors, unlike external factors, may be controlled by the organization.  Factors such as company policies, leadership styles, and communications help promote a healthy internal environment.  Many times companies can be impacted by external reasons that will directly impact the functions of management.  For example, Google was founded in 1996 and has been a leader in the online search engine, however; one external force that impacted the company was Microsoft’s competitor Bing.  Bing was an alternate to the search company’s site.  External factors such as this can directly impact the organization's functions as Google had to come up with new ways to stay ahead of the competitor.  An internal example is a way that Google promotes internal growth by allowing the employees to create new ideas to help increase revenue.