Management has been around since the management of human beings existed. Humans worked with each other collaboratively, so working with a sense of cooperation started from there. They divided their work and thus began to divide the work, which saved them a lot of time. Management is nothing but an act of managing something. Management (from the old French management “the art of directing, of directing”, from the Latin Manu agere “to lead by the hand”) characterizes the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization. through other people. The process of setting and achieving objectives through the execution of five basic management functions. • Planning • Organizing • Staffing • Directing • Controlling Therefore, the person providing office services must know something about applying management principles and practices to this area. The objective of this chapter is to provide a brief but broad overview of office management and supervision. Managing, like any other practice, be it medicine, music composition, engineering, accounting, purchasing, marketing or even cricket, is an art. It’s a skill. It’s doing things in light of the realities of a situation. Yet, managers can work better using organized management knowledge. It is this knowledge that constitutes science. Thus, managing as a practice is an art, the organized knowledge underlying this practice can be termed as a science. In this context, science and art are not mutually exclusive, they are complementary. As science advances, art should advance, as has happened in the physical and biological sciences. Certainly the science behind management is pretty crass... middle of paper ... success is about making profits and maximizing wealth. The objectives should be realistic and may be limited by legal, financial or other constraints that the company may face.RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY:Responsibility and authority are directly related to each other. Responsibility increases as authority increases. The person with high authority is responsible for the work. COORDINATION: Working in coordination is necessary for the proper functioning of the organization. Coordination is necessary when the work to be carried out is sequential. If there is no coordination, the work cannot be carried out in the most efficient way possible. CONTINUITY: Businesses have a perpetual existence, that is, a life without end. The organization must work according to a changing environment and plan accordingly to exist in a highly competitive market for a longer time..