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Macroeconomics - Fiscal Policy/Functional Finance

(General Mills Corporation 2007 . In general , morale of new employees and motivation is connected more with career goals than with team spirit and commitment (Beardwell et al 2004

Management Support

The four management functions are planning , organizing , coordination and control (General Mills Corporation 2007 . In to maintain and support healthy organizational culture , managers take into account personalities of employees and their needs , strategic goals and aims of departments and corporate ethics . Plans depend upon the existence of alternatives , and then decisions have to be made regarding what to do how

to do it , when to do it and by whom it is to be done . A plan is a pre-determine course of action which helps to provide purpose and direction for members of an enterprise . The planning process can be aided by working in an environment which is conducive to it . This is important , as plans develop from the lower levels of administration whose reaction and responses may change and help to form plans . Many employees are involved in training for advancement , which must be a continuous process , but the main point is that these activities must produce a specific plan without plans , planning activities have no real effect . Leaders ' role in organizing and coordination is essential for the long-term survival of General Mills as it helps to determine the most profitable way to allocate HR resources and implement healthy organizational culture (Armstrong 2001

A control function allows General Mills ' managers to monitor and analyze relations between employees , communication and behavior patterns Persons in a staff position have no direct authority in their own right but act as an extension of their superior and exercise only 'representative ' authority . In general , control is a part of the management process concerned with the institution and carrying out of procedures by which the...

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