Another View Robert Deller Management is a troublesome concept. It is often taken to mean proper execution of procedures or processes. In short, doing things right. It's more than that, though. It's true that managers are supposed to do things right, but they're also supposed to keep an eye on the outcome of all the activities they are responsible for.
Management implies many activities.
Employees often aspire to manager status because it means higher status and salary, and with that, more responsibility and accountability. We ascribe lofty purposes to our management activities. The federal information technology field has now assigned the word management to an old, routine set of activities. A new form of management could produce some improvement in how things are done but not much in accomplishing agency missions. Yes, if we care about what comes out of all those desktop computers.