Do Animals Have Management?

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Do animals have management

Management is a broad term that can be defined in multiple ways; it is organization and synchronization of specific activities to attain the desired goals. Management has some definite function, like preparation, organizing, operating, directing and controlling to accomplish a certain goal. Animals exhibit management and teamwork in many ways, one acknowledged example of self-organization or leadership is of ant. Various species of ant lead other ants in a specific manner, by marking the route of food to nest and in this way; they exhibit great teamwork and management skills CITATION Sum06 \l 1033 (Sumpter). The leader ant, which starts directing other ants to the food, starts a feedback loop of ants from nest to food to gain the collective objective of getting more and more food in an organized manner. Analogous to ants, honeybees also reveal similar pattern of organization while collecting honey

Fish also exhibit certain management characteristics like leadership and communication, as few representatives of a specie have important information about food may perform migration of entire group with great efficiency CITATION Iai05 \l 1033 (Couzin, Krause and Franks). Leadership and controlling the individuals are management significant functions. There are certain individuals in various insect societies, which possess leading qualities and motivate others in the group to achieve a goal. Honeybee provides with best example of leading and controlling characteristics as when hunting starts, some leader honeybees alert other bees deep in the hive to start work immediately CITATION Sum06 \l 1033 (Sumpter). Management basic function is to increase productivity with existing resources; and a good manager, leader is one who manages the resources like capital, or individuals effectively, ants enhance their productivity by organizing intelligently their sessions of rest and action CITATION Sum06 \l 1033 (Sumpter). So all these arguments presented in the paper with various examples support the idea that “animals have management “and they possess good leadership, organization and communication skills, which are true essence of management.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Couzin, Iain D., et al. "Effective leadership and decision-making in animal groups on the move." Nature 433 (2005): 513-516. <https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03236>.

Sumpter, David J T. "The Principles of Collective Animal Behavior." Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences 361.1465 (2006): 5-22.

The coupling of synchronization in time with positive

feedback in space may have an important role in

determining the productivity of animal groups. For

example, some ant colonies synchronize bouts of

resting and activity (Cole 1991).

The coupling of synchronization in time with positive

feedback in space may have an important role in

determining the productivity of animal groups. For

example, some ant colonies synchronize bouts of

resting and activity (Cole 1991).

The coupling of synchronization in time with positive

feedback in space may have an important role in

determining the productivity of animal groups. For

example, some ant colonies synchronize bouts of

resting and activity (Cole 1991).

The coupling of synchronization in time with positive

feedback in space may have an important role in

determining the productivity of animal groups. For

example, some ant colonies synchronize bouts of

resting and activity (Cole 1991).