In a management system of a communication system having at least one manager and an agent, the agent stores information on management functions that can be executed between the manager and the agent. The manager requests information from the agent on the management functions that can be carried out between the manager and the agent, by a request message. The request message contains identification information in an encoded manner for both the manager or the communication system and at least one of the management functions. The agent decodes the identification information of the manager or the communication system and sends the information requested by the request message to the manager, where the information sent relates exclusively to the management function(s) indicated by the identification information in the request message.