Which of the following is not believed to be a mere issue of communication but encompasses many elements like supervision, motivation and leadership?

Directing

The correct answer is option 2- Directing.

Directing  is not believed to be a mere issue of communication but encompasses many elements like supervision, motivation and leadership.

In the ordinary sense, directing means giving instructions and guiding people in doing work. In our daily life, we come across many situations like a hotel owner directing his employees to complete certain activities for organising a function, a teacher directing his student to complete an assignment, a film director directing the artists about how they should act in the film etc. In all these situations, we can observe that directing is done to achieve some predetermined objective. In the context of management of an organisation, directing refers to the process of instructing, guiding, counselling, motivating and leading people in the organisation to achieve its objectives. You can observe here that directing is not a mere issue of communication but encompasses many elements like supervision, motivation and leadership. It is one of the key managerial functions  performed by every manager. Directing is a managerial process which takes place throughout the life of an organisation.