#What are the four basic functions that make up the management process? How are they related to one another? The four basic functions that make up the management process are planning and decision making (determining courses of action), organizing (coordinating activities and resources), leading (motivating and managing people), and controlling (monitoring and evaluating activities) Using this order managers go from function to function however, most managers engage in more that one activity at a time and often interchange between activities in unpredictable ways.