Planned or unplanned organizational change

Functions of Management Report

This report is an analysis of the four functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) and how they are applied to Aventis Pharmaceuticals. The analysis will address how the four functions are applied across three linked levels: our Global Systems Management organization, my manager and my own position.

Background
Aventis Pharmaceuticals (Aventis) is a rapidly evolving global organization. It is the eighth largest pharmaceutical company in the world including a significant presence in the United States. Via these and many other smaller mergers Aventis has inherited many information systems that had been used to support research and operations. To manage and eventually merge these many systems Aventis created the Global Systems Management group, comprised of staff from its strategic geographic locations. The team is charged with designing, integrating and managing a unified set of improved information solutions that wil...