management is everywhere

The task of the first assignment requires students to find a contemporary situation, reported in a newspaper, in which a major function of the management process or a more general management topic can be identified (Schermerhorn, Chapter 1, pp.19-20). The situation may not be related to business.

Preamble: Several basic management functions as well as other management topics are either covered or introduced in the first four weeks of the ITM lectures.
The Task: Choose one of the functions or topics from the list below (p.7) and discuss the role or purpose of that function or topic. Select a newspaper article (from the ITM orange booklet) that is related to the chosen function or topic. Summarise the article and evaluate it in terms of the role the function or topic plays in the article
(Word limit = 1000 words)