________ has been described as the managerial function of filling and keeping filled the positions in the organisation structure.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Staffing
Option (1) Organising — Incorrect. Organising groups the work and creates the posts in the structure. It does not find people for those posts.
Option (2) Directing — Incorrect. Directing guides, motivates and leads people who are already in their jobs.
Option (3) Coordinating — Incorrect. Coordination binds all the functions together so that efforts move in one direction. It is not the filling of posts.
Option (4) Staffing — Correct. Staffing fills the posts that organising has created, and keeps them filled through recruitment, selection, training, promotion and appraisal. In simple words, it is “putting people to jobs”.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Introduction … Staffing has been described as the managerial function of filling and keeping filled the positions in the organisation structure. This is achieved by, first of all, identifying requirement of work force, followed by recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, appraisal and development of personnel, to fill the roles designed into the organisation structure.” |