Question

A company like Motorola might establish a goal of reducing its inventory by 50 percent over the next year. To ensure that it reaches this goal, the company could monitor its progress on a quarterly or monthly basis. If the managers at Motorola discover that there is a danger of not achieving this goal, they can take corrective action to adjust for the deficiency. This is a description of the managers' ____ - function.?
a.Planning
b.Directing
c.Leading
d.organizing
e.controlling

Answer 1

Answer: e.controlling

Explanation:

Controlling is one of the functions of a manager. It entails ensuring that an organisation is still on track to achieve set out objectives and making necessary corrections if it isn't.

Other functions of a manager includes-

a.Planning - it involves the development of an organisation's goals. it involves strategizing on how to achieve goals set out by the organisation.

b.Directing - it involves putting patterns, resocurces in place to ensure goals are achieved.

c.Leading - it involves encouraging, correcting and assisting members of staffs in achieving organisation's goals.