em

• The word management originates from old French “ménagement” (the art of conducting, directing) and from Latin “manu agere” (to lead by the hand).
• According to George R. Terry, "Management is a distinct process consisting of planning, organising, actuating and controlling, performed to determine and accomplish stated objectives by the use of human beings and other resources".
• According to Henry Fayol, "To manage is to forecast and to plan, to organise, to command, to coordinate and to control".
• According to Peter Drucker, "Management is a multi-purpose organ that manages business and manages managers and manages workers and work". 
• According to Mary Parker Fallett, "Management is the art of getting things done through people". 
• According to Harold Koontz, "Management is the art of getting things done through and with people in formally organized groups. 
• According to Gemp R. Terry, "Management is a distinct process consisting of planning, organisisng, actuating, and controlling, performed to determine and accomplish objectives by the use of people and other resources".
• According to D. E. McFarland, "Management is the distinct process by which the managers create, direct, maintain and operate purposive organisation through systematic, co-coordinated and cooperative human efforts. 
• Engineering Management is a specialized form of management concerned with the application in engineering, as a result of the unique personalities and technical nature of engineering.
• A successful Engineer Manager has the following preconditions: Ability Managerial ability refers to the capacity of an engineer manager to achieve organizational objectives effectively and efficiently.

  Motivation to manage As a manager, he must manage other people to contribute to the realization of the organization’s objectives. 

  Opportunity To become succesful manager is possible also, if given an opportunity to manage
• The functions of Management:

  1.Planning

  2.Organizing

  3.Staffing

  4.Directing

  5.Controlling