CMA Foundation · Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management · Introduction to Management
Ritu, a team leader at a Bengaluru software firm, inspires her team, communicates the vision of a project and motivates members to give their best. She is mainly performing which function?
Ritu is performing the directing or leading function, which covers guiding, motivating, communicating with and inspiring people towards organisational goals. Her actions concern influencing team behaviour, not setting plans, designing structure or comparing results with standards.
- ADirecting (leading)Correct
- BPlanning
- CControlling
- DOrganizing
Explanation
Leading or directing involves guiding, motivating, communicating with and supervising people to achieve goals. Inspiring and motivating a team is the core of this function. Planning, organizing and controlling concern targets, structure and monitoring respectively.
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