Planning prescribes an appropriate course of action for achieving objectives, while controlling checks whether decisions have been translated into desired action.

Which relationship between Planning & Controlling is being explained here?

Planning is prescriptive, controlling is evaluative

The correct answer is Option (4)- Planning is prescriptive, controlling is evaluative.

Without planning there is no predetermined understanding of the desired performance. Planning seeks consistent, integrated and articulated programmes while controlling seeks to compel events to conform to plans. Planning is basically an intellectual process involving thinking, articulation and analysis to discover and prescribe an appropriate course of action for achieving objectives. Controlling, on the other hand, checks whether decisions have been translated into desired action. Planning is thus, prescriptive whereas, controlling is evaluative.