Characteristics of Directing
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- Decentralisation
- Delegation
- Directing
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Planning function of management is conducted at which level of management?
Every manager can direct his immediate subordinate and take directions from his immediate boss. Directing starts from the top level and ends at the lower level. This proves that directing flows from top to bottom.
True
False
Directing happen at all levels where superior-subordinate relations exist.
False
True
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- William G. Scott
- Mc Farland
- Robert Dubin
- Fred Luthans
A manager observes that an old employee is doing the required work. Manager scolds him rudely, insulting him in front of other employees, without asking him the reasons. Which values (in controlling) does the manager show disregard for?
Mr. S is a relationship manager of an insurance company who promoted Miss R as an Office Supervisor who was earlier into phone banking. As a supervisor she manage work assignments effectively but does very little to supervise the staff. She does not check whether the staff works in compliance with the quality standards or ensure completion of work on time. Mr. S receives a number of complaints from the department regarding poor work performance, staff taking long tea /coffee breaks and spending time on personal phone calls.
(i) Is Miss R an effective leader? Explain with help of an example.
(ii) What qualities are required for Miss R to become an effective leader? (Mention at least 2 to 3 qualities.)
(iii) What can be done to improve the performance of the staff? (Mention a leadership style and describe it in the context of the case.)
At Gautam Ltd. all bills for traveling are processed by Anandita, the General Manager. She feels quite overburdened with the work and delegates her authority to Prakash, Deputy General Manager. But after some time Prakash also feels overburdened and with prior approval of Anandita, disperses his authority to various levels throughout the organisation. Now all bills for traveling are processed through respective departmental supervisors :
(i) Which concept under organising function is used before and after Anandita feels poo, overburdened with work?
(ii) Define the concepts identified in this case study.
A manager cannot just rest after issuing orders and instructions, he has to continuously guide, supervise and motivate his subordinates. State true or false.
True
False
Decentralisation is extending delegation to the lowest level. Comment.
- True
- False
- True
- False
- False
- True
State the nature of Directing function.
Directing is initiated at the ________ level.
(a) top
(b) middle
(c) lower
how does directing flow from top to bottom ?