ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Leadership, management and supervision
A manager at Tolliver plc sets targets for next year, then compares monthly results with those targets and takes corrective action where results deviate. Which pair of Fayol's elements of management does this describe?
The manager is planning and controlling. Setting targets for next year is planning, while comparing monthly results to those targets and taking corrective action is controlling. The scenario does not describe organising resources, giving orders, or aligning departments.
- AOrganising and commanding
- BCoordinating and organising
- CPlanning and controllingCorrect
- DCommanding and controlling
Explanation
Setting targets for the future is planning. Comparing actual results to targets and taking corrective action is controlling. No staffing structure (organising), instruction-giving (commanding) or alignment of departments (coordinating) is described.
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