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The universality of management is an important concept to consider in modern management thought. When describing management as universal, we refer to the widespread practice of management in all types of organizations. As noted before, one cannot bring a group of people together, regardless of the nature of the endeavor, and expect them to accomplish objectives unless their efforts are coordinated. Among other things, plans must be outlined, task identified, authority relationship specified, lines of communication established, and leadership excercised. Management, therefore, is required before any organization can expect to be effective.Although management is universal, we should not assume that all managers are the same; if, for no other reason, diffrences exist because no two individuals are alike. However, all managers perform broad groups of duties that are smiliar. These groups of duties are the functions of planning, organizing, actuating, and controlling. Although the responsibilities associated with performing the functions vary among levels of authority, managers at all material resouces. Since the management functions must be performed to some degree in order to achieve dsdired goals, we can say that there is, indeed, a universality of management.