How we define management encapsulates everything a manager does in influencing his direct reports.
Managing is a lot more complex than just giving orders. This page explains why two managers will take different actions even when given the same set of facts.
The main parts of this definition are:
1. Setting goals by management, and
2. Identifying the people who will achieve the desired results.
This requires our manager to understand and agree as to what his management requires of him and how will he accomplish this.
This management definition should be clearly understood by the manager, his management, and his employees. Management should let the manager manage, the employees need to understand their role in the big picture, and most of all, the managers has to know his core job: To manage others.
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Choose any one of the sections here and you'll get a blue print to successful management.