The various functions of a manager are usually discussed in the given order:
(A) Directing
(B) Staffing
(C) Planning
(D) Organising
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (D), (B), (A)
(C) Planning — First. Planning decides in advance what is to be done and how. Every other function works within the plan.
(D) Organising — Second. The work set out in the plan is divided into jobs and departments, and authority is fixed.
(B) Staffing — Third. The right people are found and placed in the posts that organising has created.
(A) Directing — Fourth. The people in place are guided, motivated and led so that the work gets done. Controlling, which is not in this list, comes last.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Concept … Management, has therefore, been defined as a process of getting things done with the aim of achieving goals effectively and efficiently. …” “Process in the definition means the primary functions or activities that management performs to get things done. These functions are planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling which we will discuss later in the chapter and the book.” |