Question : Twelve kids in a school spend the summer working in the library. On one particular afternoon, they are instructed to unload a consignment of fresh publications, stock the bookcases, and then eliminate all garbage (packaging, paper etc). One student oversees the work by dividing the task into groups, giving each group a quota, and creating reporting linkages between the groups. Name the managerial function that was noted above.
Option 1: Planning
Option 2: Organizing
Option 3: Directing
Option 4: Staffing
Correct Answer: Organizing
Solution :
Following are the functions of organising highlighted here:
1. Identification and division of work,
2. Departmentalisation,
3. Assignment of duties,
4. Establishing authority and reporting relationships.
Hence, the correct option is 2.