Which of the following is correct about planning and controlling?

The correct answer is Option (3) → Planning is prescriptive, controlling is evaluative

Option (1) Planning is evaluative, controlling is prescriptive — Incorrect. The roles are reversed. Planning prescribes the course of action, and controlling evaluates the results.

Option (2) Planning and controlling are both prescriptive — Incorrect. Controlling does not lay down a course of action. It checks whether decisions have been turned into action, so it is evaluative.

Option (3) Planning is prescriptive, controlling is evaluative — Correct. Planning is an intellectual process that discovers and prescribes the course of action for the objectives. Controlling checks whether the decisions have become the desired action.

Option (4) Planning and controlling are both evaluative — Incorrect. Planning does not judge work already done. It lays down what should be done, so it is prescriptive.