• Henri Fayol “To manage is to forecast, to plan, to organize, to command co-ordinate and to control.“
• Mary Parker “ Management is the art of getting things done by the people.”
• It is the efficient use of men, material and resources towards achieving specific objectives of organization.
• It is the whole activities by means of which the business firm direct their desired actions towards achieving their set goals.

It is concept of 6 M (money, market, materials, machinery, methods and manpower).

Management is needed to convert the disorganized resources (men, money, materials, methods) into useful and effective enterprises.

Management is view as:

1. A resource – economically
2.  System of authority – administratively, and
3. Class or elite – social

• Management is responsible for organizing, planning, leading and controlling.
• Management helps coordinate both the human and material resources towards objective accomplishment through collective effect.