From
the above, it is obvious that management is basically an exercise in doing
things better. Hodge and Johnson (1970) defined management as "the
process of making decisions and issuing commands on behalf of an organization's
membership groups, taking into consideration the complex of objectives,
limitations and standards underlying the production and distribution of values,
required to satisfy memberships' needs."
Management
as a process consists of continuous decision making, necessitated by variations
in goals and also the fact that lack of complete knowledge creates risk and
uncertainty associated with decision making. Specific decisions are greatly
influenced by the organizational goals which have to be achieved
