Management can be described as the accomplishment of predetermined objectives through the efforts of other people. This can be successfully achieved through effective:

· Planning

· Organizing:

· Staffing

· Directing, leading and motivating

· Coordinating

· Controlling

· Budgeting

Whether you take an entrepreneurial path to practice or choose to remain a “staff pharmacist” in a hospital or community pharmacy, as a pharmacist, you will always find yourself in a supervisory role. It is therefore important to have some knowledge of the basic management principles.

Management can be divided into various functions that are all centered on the above described management process:

· Marketing

· Finance

· Productions

· Sales

· Research and Development

· Retailing

· Communication and Human Resources

· Personnel Management

 

The Management Series of booklets discusses each of these in turn.