Management in its broadest sense consists in the co-ordination of the efforts ofpeople and of the use of economical and technical resources in order to obtaindesired ends. Management is a socio-technical activity in the sense that it impliesdealing with people (the human or "socio" side) and with non-human resources(the technical side), as well as with the interaction between these two. Some kinds of management focus more on the human side - say, leading a football club;others more on the technical side -- say, leading an air traffic control centre, butneither the technical nor the human component is ever completely absent. The technical side of management is less culture-dependent than the human side butbecause the two interact, no management activity can be culture-free.