Introduction

Management in business pursuits and organizations can be dened as the process of coordinating people and processes in order to accomplish specic goals and objectives. Business management specically includes planning, organizing, sta- ing, directing operations, and resourcing. Resourcing, furthermore, requires the strategic use of human, nancial, technological, and natural resources in accomplishing the goals of a business entity. Because businesses can be usefully viewed as “systems,” business management can be seen as human action designed to facilitate useful outcomes from that system. is view allows for the opportunity to “manage” oneself, an important factor to consider before managing operations and employees.